Bible Verses About Modern Samaria

And the king of the Assyrians brought people from Babylon, and from Cutha, and from Avah, and from Emath, and from Sepharvaim: and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

So these nations feared the Lord, but nevertheless served also their idols: their children also, and grandchildren, as their fathers did, so do they unto this day.

And they came to Zorobabel, and the chief of the fathers, and said to them: Let us build with you, for we seek your God as ye do: behold we have sacrificed to him, since the days of Asor Haddan king of Assyria, who brought us hither.

Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe and the rest of their counsellors, the Dinites, and the Apharsathacites, the Therphalites, the Apharsites, the Erchuites, the Babylonians, the Susanechites, the Dievites, and the Elamites,

And the rest of the nations, whom the great and glorious Asenaphar brought over: and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the countries of this side of the river in peace.

And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews.

And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt?

Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.

Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.

Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.

So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.

And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.

And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.

And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.

And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall.

And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,

I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.

And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: be not afraid of them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your houses.

And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work.

And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, and shields, and bows, and coats of mail, and the rulers were behind them in all the house of Juda.

Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.

For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.

These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.

And he sent messengers before his face: and going, they entered into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.