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Ezra - [Then] sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and [to] Shimshai the scribe, and [to] the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria , and [unto] the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. Micah - Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, [and] as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
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Jesus and the Samaritans: During the ministry of Jesus Christ, there were three Samaritans who stand prominent: The Good Samaritan The Samaritan Leper The Samaritan Woman at the Well The good Samaritan showed exceeding kindness by doing as much as he possibly could by helping his neighbor who was in need.
The Samaritan leper, when he realized he was healed, immediately went to Jesus, glorified God and gave thanks, is an outstanding example of gratitude. And they debated about their temples before Ptolemy VI Philometer. The Jews said the one in Jerusalem was built according to laws of Moses and the Samaritans, the one on Gerizim. For they took it hard that anyone might destroy their shrine Gerizim when Alexander arrived in Jerusalem.
Any construction under Alexander was probably in the order of renovations. Judeans destroy Samaritan Temple. So, the priests , who were not accustomed to such things before, managed the temple with greater care. For at a village called Gema, which lies in the great plain of Samaria , a certain Galilean was murdered, one of many Jews going up to the feast [in Jerusalem ].
And, abandoning the feast, they set out to fight with the Samaritans. They lacked a general and heeded none of the rulers, who held back. And they massacred them, sparing no one regardless of age, and burned their villages. And he arrested many of those around Eleazar and killed more. And they begged them to return and not to anger the Romans against Jerusalem by revenge on the Samaritans.
They urged them to have mercy on their country and temple, their own children and wives, who all were at risk of being destroyed, on account of revenge for one Galilean. Then in BCE the king of Assyria invaded all the land [of Israel] and came to Samaria , and for three years he besieged it.
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Josephus states that the Samaritan temple was modeled after the Jerusalem Temple Antiquities The City and the Sacred Precinct. Upon Mount Gerizim a large city has been uncovered around the temple precinct from the Persian and Hellenistic periods. The city was divided into four residential quarters: southern, western, northwestern and northern.
Signs of basic urban planning exist in the city, which has streets with buildings along them. The city was unwalled, though walls of the outer buildings functioned as a kind of city wall. The sacred precinct, on the other hand, was well fortified.
In the south, a large residential quarter has been uncovered. At its center was a gate with a street extending some 70 m 77 yd northward, ending at two plazas that served as a market. Six buildings were excavated in this quarter, some public and others residential in character.
On the southwestern side of the sacred precinct, a portion of a large residential quarter-the western quarter-was exposed. Eight domestic structures built along a street running from east to west were uncovered here.
Additional buildings and two olive presses were found in the northern and northwestern quarters. South of the sacred precinct, a mansion containing dozens of rooms, a large olive press, an elaborate residential structure and shops were excavated.
Most of the buildings are similar in plan, consisting of a central courtyard surrounded by rooms, a room for entertaining guests, bedrooms and a bathroom. The sacred precinct was constructed at the highest point in the city, and the temple stood at its center. Two construction phases were encountered within the precinct: an early phase dated to the Persian period late fifth century BC and a second phase dated to the Hellenistic period second century BC.
The sacred precinct of the Persian period was smaller in size, ca. A large gate with three chambers on each side, similar to the temple gales described in the book of Ezekiel and in the Temple Scroll, was found on its northern side. The sacred precinct of the second century BC was a far more elaborate complex, considerably larger in area. It measured m yd from north to south and m yd from east to west. In the north and east, two monumental gates with two chambers on each side of a passageway were uncovered.
In the west was found an elaborate staircase leading from the city to the sacred precinct. The eastern and southwestern gates served pilgrims who arrived to make sacrificial offerings at the temple.
Several walls, towers and citadels were constructed around the sacred precinct to protect it. On the eastern side, three particularly thick walls were built at different levels, creating spacious courtyards to accommodate pilgrims. A citadel is integrated into the southeastern corner of the precinct wall, and a fortified courtyard and watchtower protected the western gate in the southwestern corner of the precinct. A large public building has been uncovered opposite that gate.
On the eastern side, abroad staircase, up to 20 m 22 yd wide, led from an eastern city gate, consisting of a single chamber with two particularly large wooden doors, to the eastern gate of the sacred precinct. From this gate, a wide street paved with stone slabs led northward. The city and the sacred precinct were destroyed in a major conflagration by John Hyrcanus I at the end of the second century BC. The city surrounding the sacred precinct was not resettled, while Samaritan cultic practice was renewed in the sacred precinct for a short period during the fourth century AD.
Gerizim looking southeast. At the left center is the tomb of Sheikh Ghanem, one of the commanders of Salah al-Din, built into the northeast tower of the enclosure around the Byzantine church of Mary Mother of God. To the right of the tomb are the remains of the church and in the center of the walls in the foreground is a large plastered pool and bathhouse from the sixth century AD.
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