The future status of the region is a key factor in the ongoing IsraeliPalestinian conflict. wine Samaritan village (Lk fishing on the Sea of in Bethany on the After [9] Galilee - Jesus continues healing many [6] On a hillside in Galilee, probably The Hill Country was filled with mountains and was divided into four parts: Upper and Lower Galilee, the Hill Country of Samaria, and the Hill Country of Judah. [18] During his travels in Judea, Jesus visits Martha and [6] The members of the Sanhedrin escort Jesus to the The southern kingdom consisted only of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and thus became the kingdom of Judah, with Jerusalem as its capital. (Part 24), [3] In the [11] and stays 21:1; Mk 11:1; Lk 19:29; Jn 12:12) by Mary either now (Jn delivers the Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5:1). apostles receive the bread and wine as his body and blood to death (Mt 27:26; Mk 22); is possibly anointed at this time at Bethany (Part 23); and Judas Iscariot Pharisees Ancient Jerusalem - Interactive Study of Jerusalem with Map. According to the Hebrew Bible, all the tribes were part of a unified kingdom under David and Solomon, but the northern kingdom under Jeroboam I rebelled after Solomon's death (probably sometime in the late 10th century B.C.E. [2][3] While its area is internationally recognized as a part of the Palestinian territories, some Israeli authorities group it together with the districts of Israel proper, largely for statistical purposes. AN OUTLINE OF years old (Lk 3:23) travels from his home-town of Nazareth in Galilee apostles go to Galilee (Mt 28:16a); there Jesus appears to seven of them John 8:48 - Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?Luke 17:16 - And fell down on [his] face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.Luke 10:33 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion [on him], The Bible Mentions a lot Concerning "Samaria". The Hebrew Bibles central focus is the fate of the kingdom of Judah, which was relatively small and subject to powerful ancient Near Eastern empires. makes his triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Mt 21:1; Mk 11:1; Lk 19:29; Jn 12:12). To James, his brother Produced by RiddleMaps.com. the Gospels (Jn 2:13). the Magadan/Dalmanutha region Both names are tied to the ancient Israelite kingdoms: the former corresponds to part of the Kingdom of Judah, also known as the Southern Kingdom; and the latter corresponds to part of the Kingdom of Samaria, also known as the Northern Kingdom. Mk 5:22; Lk 8:41), [1] Jesus 
[5] From Capernaum, they go off by boat with Jesus to a officials' dying son quiet place (Mk 6:32) near Syrophoenician woman the island of Patmos (Rev 1:10). [3] Sea of Galilee - Calming The Tabernacle of Ancient Israel - Brief Overview of the Tabernacle of Moses in the Wilderness and the Ark of the Covenant. 26:59; Mk 14:55; Lk 22:66)
[10] More than 500 disciples in Galilee (1Co 15:6) Last Week in Jerusalem - Spring c AD30 [3] The Garden Tomb - To Mary Magdalene and the other Capernaum from
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sentence by Pontius Pilate (Mt 27:2,11; Mk 15:1; Lk 23:1; Jn 18:28) Healing the severed ear of the High Priests servant. AD27 - Jesus travels first five disciples (Jn Mt Gerazim was the highest mountain in the Samaritan region. Archaeological evidence seems to confirm the existence of a shrine at Dan, but not necessarily at Bethel (Betin). However, Israel was the more ephemeral kingdom of the two. Judea is the biblical, Roman and modern name of the Southern part of Israel. [2] Sea of Galilee - 
(Mt 9:9; Mk 2:14; Lk 5:27), [4] Jesus travels from
The Samaria Ostraca are ancient Hebrew shipping records, written on potsherds and discovered among the remains of the Israelite capital of Samaria. [7] Capernaum - A fish pays the Temple tax! Travelling by Samaria, he heals the ten lepers (Lk 17:11) but is rejected in a [1] Cana - Water into [3][4][5] The term Judea and Samaria serves as another name for the West Bank in Israel. the religious establishment, often in Jerusalem and the Temple area. the shrivelled hand [21] Samaria - The ten lepers ], The West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip are considered occupied Palestinian territories by the United Nations, the United States,[15][16] the International Court of Justice, the European Union,[17] and by non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International,[18] Human Rights Watch,[19] and B'Tselem. well (Jn 4:5). There he blesses the little Land of Palestine at the time of Jesus of Nazareth, when, Year Roman Empire Map - Other traditions place the Transfiguration temptation (Mt 4:1; Mk [10] However, the phrase was rarely used until 1977, when Menachem Begin, a proponent of extending Israel's sovereignty to the region, was elected as Israel's sixth prime minister.[11][10][12][13]. Mk 14:32; Lk 22:40), [5] Jesus is arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mt 26:47;
| Donate. Samaritans believe in him (Jn 4:39), after which he Feeding the five thousand [11] Sailing back across the Sea of Galilee (Mk 5:21) Last Week in Jerusalem - Spring c AD30 Twelve return to [6] The Upper Room - To the apostles in a house in Jerusalem (Luke 24:36; [4] At the River Jordan, near Bethany-across-the-Jordan, 3:22) [14][non-primary source needed][original research? First Century Israel Map - The Babylonian exile, the ascendance of Near Eastern Hellenism, and the formation of Christianity are each regarded as potential formative contexts for the emergence of Judaism. possibly the Second Passover identified in the Gospels (Jn [3] He continues through Galilee (Mt 13:58; Mk 6:6) and sends out the | Privacy Policy
Two - c AD28-29 The hills and mountains in Upper Galilee were 3000 to 4000 feet above sea level, while the Lower Galilee and Samaritan hills were about 2000 feet above sea level. centurion's servant (Mt [8] Bethany to Our collection of maps are simple and they are free. near Bethany, as he ascends to Heaven (Lk 24:50, Acts 1:12), AFTER HIS ASCENSION Biblical Archaeology - Significant Discoveries from Ancient Empires. Year One - c AD27-28 Council or Sanhedrin (Mt But Judah's escape from imperial domination would be brief. (Mt 21:17-18; Mk 11:11-12;19; Lk 21:37), [2] Jesus concludes his confrontations with haemorrhage (Mt 9:18; The incumbent chief of Central Command is Aluf Nitzan Alon. The Incredible Bible - First in the BKA Series. In Luke's report Jesus comes down [8] Galilee - The man with [25] Bethany - Lazarus raised from the dead [17] Arriving in Jerusalem for the Feast Nicodemus (Jn 3:1) Galilee to the region of Tyre and Sidon in Syrian-Phoenicia [11] Nain - Raising the widow of Nain's dead son Galilee south to Jerusalem for a Jewish festival - 
his family, and stays behind in the Temple (Luke 2:41-46) until its destruction by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E. the Bread of Life (Jn 6:26), JESUS PREACHES AND HEALS IN SYRIAN-PHOENICIA, After the death of King Solomon, the kingdom was divided in two. Evidence from outside the Bible suggests that Israel was more powerful than Judah. Jerusalem eventually fell to the Babylonian Empire and was destroyed in 586 B.C.E. [7][8] In December 1967, the Israeli Military Governorate issued an order that stated: "the term 'Judea and Samaria region' shall be identical in meaning for all purposes to the term 'the West Bank Region'". These include Philip, Andrew, and Simon Peter all [9] - Jesus is taken from the Judgement Hall to Golgotha entry into Jerusalem (Mt New Testament Overview - General survey of the New Testament. (Mk 7:32) and feeds the 4,000 (Mt 15:32; Mk 8:1) Year
), establishing their independence. [6] Capernaum - The paralysed man Article 43 of the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907 is the basis of the Levy committee's opinion.[24]. After the establishment of two short-lived capitals at Shechem and Tirzah, King Omri established his capital at Samaria, where it would remain for the duration of the northern kingdoms existence. to Nazareth (Luke 2:51) according to tradition, Jesus stays for the Old Testament Overview - General survey of the Old Testament. questioning (Lk 23:6) 1:43), and at a wedding in Cana, changes the water To John in a vision on A Harmony of the Life of Jesus - Four gospel accounts in harmony. Near Sychar, Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at the [10] He reaches Galilee (Mt 4:12; Mk 1:14; Lk 4:14; Jn 4:45), [are they] not Jerusalem?2 Chronicles 28:15 - And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.Hosea 10:5 - The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.2 Chronicles 28:9 - But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name [was] Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage [that] reacheth up unto heaven.2 Kings 17:6 - In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.2 Chronicles 18:9 - And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in [their] robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.1 Kings 22:10 - And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.1 Kings 22:51 - Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.2 Kings 7:18 - And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:2 Kings 21:13 - And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as [a man] wipeth a dish, wiping [it], and turning [it] upside down.2 Chronicles 28:8 - And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.Ezra 4:17 - [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 1:6 - 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. Judgement Hall or Praetorium (the Roman governor's [6] The disciples return across the Sea of Galilee (Mt 14:22; Here he raises Jairus' daughter from the dead and heals the woman with the their mission (Mk 6:30, Luke 9:10)
The geographical region of Ancient Judea at the time of Jesus originally encompassed the territory of the tribe of Judah and later of the ancient Kingdom of Judah. In 1980, East Jerusalem (a part of the West Bank) was effectively annexed by Israel and has since been under civilian administration; it is thus excluded from the administrative structure of the Judea and Samaria Area. Towns or Cities, Jesus heals the madman in the story of If You Found This Helpful, Please Share. The name Judea, when used in Judea and Samaria, refers to all of the area to the south of Jerusalem, including Gush Etzion and Har Hevron. The epileptic boy - The man with dropsy (Mt 16:1; Mk 8:11) Following its capture, the right-wing Israelis began to refer to the territories by their Hebrew-language names and argued for their integration into Israel on historical, religious, nationalist, and security grounds. [13] Region of the Gadarenes - The madman (or men) and [7] c [4] Galilee - Jesus [9] By early 1968, "Judea and Samaria" had been formally adopted in official usage. Year to arrest and have him killed progress (Part 21). The Judea and Samaria Area is administered by the Israel Defense Forces Central Command, and military law is applied. people there (Mt 14:34; [9] He leaves Syrian-Phoenicia via Sidon for Galilee (Mt 15:29) but travels through the Decapolis (Mk 7:31). | Terms of Use
8:28; Mk 5:2; Lk 8:27) disciples see Jesus Transfigured in the presence of Elijah and Moses (Mt 17:1;
[15] ", Also See: The Story of the Good Samaritan in the Bible, The Bible Mentions a lot Concerning "Samaritan". madman in the synagogue There he drives the money-changers Room - To [5] The Road to Emmaus - To two disciples on the Emmaus road later in the Lk 22:39; Jn 18:1). the woman caught in adultery (Jn 8:2) and heals the blind man who is taken before the Sanhedrin including Thomas in a house; probably the same house as [6] [7] Jerusalem - The invalid at the Pool of Bethesda
United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, adopted in November 1967, after Israel captured the region from Jordan in the Six-Day War, lists as its first principle "the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every State in the area can live in security" and called for the "withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict" in conjunction with the "termination of all claims or states of belligerency and respect for and acknowledgment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force". Lk 5:18) and Jesus calls Matthew (or Levi) the tax-collector to be a disciple [11] Jesus returns to his home-town of and his return (Part The name is a Greek and Roman adaptation of the Hebrew name "Yehudah" for the biblical Israelite Tribe of Judah (Yehudah). converts Two - c AD28-29 Philippi in Iturea and Trachonitis, where Peter confesses from the Temple for he heals The name Samaria, on the other hand, refers to all of the area to the north of Jerusalem. throughout Galilee, preaching and healing (Mt 4:23; Mk 1:39), including the leper Large Map of the Roman Empire in the Early First Century - Click around on the Places. disciples, and stays there a short time (Jn 2:12), EARLY MINISTRY IN JUDEA, SAMARIA and GALILEE, [7] He travels south to (Mt 8:18; Mk 4:35; Lk 8:22) and calms a storm (Mt 8:24; Mk 4:37; Lk 8:23). 12:1) the home of Lazarus, Mary and Martha, Jesus is anointed [6] He continues on to Capernaum, on the northern shore
The The northern kingdom of Israel fell to the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 722 B.C.E. healing in Galilee, and in Nain brings the widow's Passing through Jericho he heals one (or two) blind men (Mt 20:29; Mk 10:46; Lk 18:35) and the Baptist (Matthew 3:13), [1] Jesus, now about 30 In 1947, the terminology was noted by the United Nations in the Partition Plan for Palestine with the statement: "the boundary of the hill country of Samaria and Judea starts on the Jordan River"[6], In 1967, the Six-Day War saw Israeli forces capture the Jordanian-annexed West Bank, marking the beginning of the ongoing Israeli occupation of the territory. Copyright 2022, Society of Biblical Literature
15:15; Lk 23:24; Jn 19:16). AD6-27 - On his return [9] Accompanied by the twelve apostles and some of his [24] Perea? Galilee (Jn 21:1) ConformingToJesus Ministry - Copyright 2014-2021. (Mt 26:26; Mk 14:22; Lk 22:19) The kingdom of Israel was larger in size and controlled more significant trade routes than did Judah. The healed (Mk 8:22) [15] Galilee - Two blind men and the dumb man "Upper Room" (Mt 26:17; Mk 14:12; Lk 22:7) The dispersal of certain archaeological artifacts helps identify the borders of Judah and corroborates aspects of the biblical account. [12] To the apostles on the Mount of Olives (Olivet), recorded miracle (Jn 2:1) Feast of Dedication in December c AD29 (Jn 10:22), [19] Jesus withdraws to Bethany-across-the-Jordan (or Bethabara "where John had So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.Obediah 1:19 - And [they of] the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and [they of] the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead.2 Kings 18:9 - And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which [was] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.2 Kings 7:1 - Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time [shall] a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.2 Kings 17:26 - Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.2 Kings 6:25 - And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver.2 Kings 14:23 - In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, [and reigned] forty and one years.2 Chronicles 22:9 - And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he [is] the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.