<p class="poetry">Ephraim&#8217;s leader is Samaria,p> <p class="poetry">and Samaria&#8217;s leader is the son of Remaliah.p> <p class="poetry">If your faith does not remain firm,p> <p class="poetry">then you will not remain secure.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">the king of Shimron Meron (one),p> <p class="poetry">the king of Acshaph (one),p>

So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him.<n id="1" />

From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Once again you will plant vineyardsp> <p class="poetry">on the hills of Samaria.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Those who plant themp> <p class="poetry">will once again enjoy their fruit.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Samaria and its king will be carried off<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a twig<n id="2" /> on the surface of the waters.p>

<p class="bodytext">Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria.<n id="1" /> While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds,

The king of Assyria marched through<n id="1" /> the whole land. He attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years.

<p class="poetry">All the people were aware<n id="1" /> of it,p> <p class="poetry">the people of Ephraim and those living in Samaria.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Yet with pride and an arrogant attitude, they said,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Is not Calneh like Carchemish?p> <p class="poetry">Hamath like Arpad?p> <p class="poetry">Samaria like Damascus?<n id="1" />p>

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim?<n id="1" /> Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria<n id="2" /> from my power?<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I saw the prophets of Samaria<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">doing something that was disgusting.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They prophesied in the name of the god Baalp> <p class="poetry">and led my people Israel astray.<n id="4" />p>

You will be overcome by<n id="1" /> drunkenness and sorrow. The cup of your sister Samaria is a cup of horror and desolation.

<p class="poetry">O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol!p> <p class="poetry">My anger burns against them!p> <p class="poetry">They will not survive much longer without being punished,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">even though they are Israelites!p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I will turn Samaria<n id="1" /> into a heap of ruins in an open field &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">vineyards will be planted there!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will tumble<n id="3" /> the rubble of her stone walls<n id="4" /> down into the valley,p> <p class="poetry">and tear down her fortifications to their foundations.<n id="5" />p>

He purchased the hill of Samaria<n id="1" /> from Shemer for two talents<n id="2" /> of silver. He launched a construction project there<n id="3" /> and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

<p class="bodytext">When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, &#8220;O <sc>Lordsc>, open their eyes, so they can see.&#8221; The <sc>Lordsc> opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The king of Assyria brought foreigners<n id="1" /> from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria<n id="2" /> in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When King Jabin of Hazor<n id="1" /> heard the news, he organized a coalition, including<n id="2" /> King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph,

<t /><p class="bodytext">After this the following episode took place.<n id="1" /> Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.<n id="2" />