1. City of, built by Omri 1Ki 16:24
- Capitol of the kingdom of the ten tribes 1Ki 16:29; 22:51; 2Ki 13:1,10; 15:8
- Besieged by Ben-hadad 1Ki 20; 2Ki 6:24-33; 7
- The king of Syria is led into, by Elisha, who miraculously blinds him and his army 2Ki 6:8-23
- Ahab ruled in
- See AHAB
- See JEZEBEL
- Besieged by Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, for three years; captured; the people carried away to Halah and Habor, cities of the Medes 2Ki 17:5,6; 18:9-11
- Idolatry of 1Ki 16:32; 2Ki 13:6
- Temple of, destroyed 2Ki 10:17-28; 23:19
- Paul and Barnabas preach in Ac 15:3
- Visited by Philip, Peter, and John Ac 8:5-25
2. Country of Isa 7:9
- Foreign colonies distributed among the cities of, by the king of Assyria 2Ki 17:24-41; Ezr 4:9,10
- Roads through, from Judaea into Galilee Lu 17:11; Joh 4:3-8
- Jesus travels through Joh 4:1-42
- Jesus heals lepers in Lu 17:11-19
- The Good Samaritan from Lu 10:33-35
- No dealings between the Jews and the inhabitants of Joh 4:9
- Samaritans were expecting the Messiah Joh 4:25
- Disciples made from the inhabitants of Joh 4:39-42; Ac 8:5-8,14-17,25
- Jesus forbids the apostles to preach in the cities of Mt 10:5