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  2. Jacob's Well - Wikipedia

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    Jacob's Well, [a] also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The well, currently situated inside an Eastern Orthodox church and monastery, has been associated in religious tradition with the biblical patriarch ...

  3. Shechem - Wikipedia

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    Some scholars believe the location of Sychar is at the foot of Mount Ebal, but other scholars disagree because the proposed location is 1 km (0.62 mi) from Jacob's Well, which they think is not close enough for the women of Sychar to have fetched their water there. Based on John 4:15, these scholars have argued that Shechem is the Samaritan ...

  4. Samaria - Wikipedia

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    The New Testament mentions Samaria in Luke 17:11–2, [37] in the miraculous healing of the ten lepers, which took place on the border of Samaria and Galilee. John 4:1-26 [38] records Jesus' encounter at Jacob's Well with the woman of Sychar, in which he declares himself to be the

  5. Balata village - Wikipedia

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    The history of the village is tied to that Jacob's Well and Joseph's Tomb. Benjamin of Tudela, (d. 1173), who visited the site in the 12th century, places it "A sabbath-way distance from Sichem," and says it contains Joseph's sepulcher. [16] Yaqut al-Hamawi (d. 1229) wrote that it was "a village of the Nablus District in Filastin. The Jews say ...

  6. Samaritan woman at the well - Wikipedia

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    The Water of Life Discourse between Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well by Angelika Kauffmann, 17th–18th century. The Samaritan woman at the well is a figure from the Gospel of John. John 4:4–42 relates her conversation with Jesus at Jacob's Well near the city of Sychar.

  7. New Testament places associated with Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Sychar: The encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:4–26 takes place in Sychar in Samaria near Jacob's Well. [36] This is the location of the Water of Life Discourse in John 4:10–26. [37]

  8. Samerina - Wikipedia

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    Samerina (Akkadian: ๐’Š“๐’ˆจ๐’Š‘๐’ˆพ Samerina) was the province of the Neo-Assyrian Empire established following the c. 722 BCE Assyrian conquest of Samaria by Shalmaneser V, which resulted in the dissolution of the Kingdom of Israel and annexation of Samaria into the empire as a full imperial province administered by a governor.

  9. Samaria (ancient city) - Wikipedia

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    Samaria (Hebrew: ืฉึนืืžึฐืจื•ึนืŸ Šลmrลn; Akkadian: ๐’Š“๐’ˆจ๐’Š‘๐’ˆพ Samerina; Greek: Σαμฮฌρεια Samareia; Arabic: ุงู„ุณุงู…ุฑุฉ as-Sฤmira) was the capital city of the Kingdom of Israel between c. 880 BCE and c. 720 BCE. [1] [2] It is the namesake of Samaria, a historical region bounded by Judea to the south and by Galilee to the