Salt sea or sea of the deep basin, [43].
Samael, the demon, [403].
Samaria, built, [193].
besieged by Benhadad III., [221] f.
capital of Cœlesyria, [414].
taken by Shalmaneser, [263] f.
Samaria, Land of == kingdom of the ten tribes, [193] ff.
after Pekah's death, [262].
colonised by Esarhaddon, [285].
invaded by Pul of Assyria, [246].
Samaritans, [285], [355].
enemies of the Judæans, [389], [410], [467].
in Alexandria oppose the Judæans, [515].
intermarry with the Judæans, [361].
interrupt the rebuilding of the temple, [357].
kill Andromachus, [414].
retain the Old Hebrew characters of the alphabet, [396].
temple of, on Mount Gerizim, [390].
Samson fights the Philistines, [66].
Samuel, Elkanah's son, [72].
anoints David, [96].
anoints Saul, [82], [90].
at discord with Saul, [92].
kills Agag at Gilgal, [93].
the second Moses, [72].
unites all the tribes, [77].
Samuel, First Book of, xiv. 12 and 45, [87], [89];
xv. 12–33, [93], [94];
xvii. 47, [130].
Sanballat attacks Jerusalem, [371].
hostile towards Judæa, [369].
intrigues against Nehemiah, [375].
leader of the Samaritans, [362].
marries his daughter to Manasseh, [383], [386], [389].
Sanctuary and temple, less important after the exile, [379].
at Jerusalem, [120] f.
at Shiloh, [41], [57].
contents of, [24].
re-opened by Hezekiah, [268].