{"id":9814,"date":"2026-09-06T14:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.elementcore.co\/CICTS\/?p=9814"},"modified":"2026-09-06T14:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:19:09","slug":"biblical-references-for-samaria-the-dead-sea-the-jordan-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.elementcore.co\/CICTS\/biblical-references-for-samaria-the-dead-sea-the-jordan-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Biblical References for Samaria, the Dead Sea & the Jordan River"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christian Information Center \u00b7 Biblical References<\/div>\n

Main Biblical References for Samaria, the Dead Sea & the Jordan River<\/h1>\n

A clear, easy-to-browse presentation of the principal biblical references connected with the Jordan River, the Dead Sea, Samaria and the important biblical sites of central and northern Holy Land.<\/p>\n

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18<\/strong>Biblical site & theme groups<\/span><\/div>\n
Old & New<\/strong>Testament references<\/span><\/div>\n
5 pages<\/strong>Original source document<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Samaria \u00b7 Dead Sea \u00b7 Jordan River in Scripture<\/div>\n

From the Jordan and the Dead Sea through Samaria to Caesarea<\/h2>\n

These references bring together the baptismal traditions of the Jordan, the landscapes of the Dead Sea, the history and prophets of Samaria, the patriarchal and Samaritan traditions of Shechem, and important sites connected with Israel\u2019s kings and the mission of the early Church.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

18<\/strong>reference groups covering the Jordan, Dead Sea, Samaria, Shiloh, Shechem, Megiddo, Sharon and Caesarea.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Browse by biblical site<\/div>\n
The Jordan<\/a>
\nThe River of Living Water<\/a>
\nThe Dead Sea<\/a>
\nBeit Shean<\/a>
\nMount Gilboa<\/a>
\nSamaria<\/a>
\nShiloh<\/a>
\nMount Gerizim & Mount Ebal<\/a>
\nShechem \u00b7 Nablus \u00b7 Balata<\/a>
\nTell el Farah \u00b7 Biblical Tirzah<\/a>
\nEngadin & Djenin<\/a>
\nDothan<\/a>
\nBethulia<\/a>
\nThebez<\/a>
\nEn-dor<\/a>
\nMegiddo<\/a>
\nValley of Sharon<\/a>
\nCaesarea Maritima<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Biblical References by Site<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n01<\/span>
\nThe Jordan<\/strong>Baptism \u00b7 Elijah \u00b7 Naaman \u00b7 the Promised Land<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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John 1:28<\/div>\n
Place of the baptism of John the Baptist \u2014 Bethany beyond the Jordan.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Luke 3:21<\/div>\n
The baptism of Jesus.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Matthew 3:13\u201317<\/div>\n
Jesus comes to the Jordan to be baptized by John.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mark 1:9\u201311<\/div>\n
The baptism of Jesus in the Jordan.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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John 1:19\u201334<\/div>\n
John\u2019s witness concerning Jesus; the Jordan evokes entry into the Promised Land and baptism as entry into the Kingdom of God.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Kings 17<\/div>\n
The Prophet Elijah.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Kings 5; 8<\/div>\n
The healing of Naaman.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Kings 6<\/div>\n
The lost axe is recovered.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n02<\/span>
\nThe River of Living Water<\/strong>Creation \u00b7 Psalms \u00b7 Ezekiel \u00b7 John \u00b7 Revelation<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Genesis 2:8\u201310; Psalm 45:5; Ezekiel 47:1\u20132; John 7:31\u201339; Revelation 22:1\u20132<\/div>\n
Biblical imagery of the river of life and living water.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n03<\/span>
\nThe Dead Sea<\/strong>Sodom & Gomorrah \u00b7 En Gedi \u00b7 Ezekiel \u00b7 John the Baptist<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Genesis 13:10\u201313; 14; 18:19<\/div>\n
Sodom and Gomorrah.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Samuel 24<\/div>\n
En Gedi \u2014 David hides there while pursued by Saul.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Song of Songs 1:14<\/div>\n
An oasis with its vines.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ezekiel 47:8\u201312<\/div>\n
Water flows east through the Arabah and into the Sea.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mark 6:17\u201329<\/div>\n
Machaerus \u2014 the beheading of John the Baptist.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
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\nBeit Shean<\/strong>Gideon \u00b7 Saul<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Judges 7:4\u20138<\/div>\n
The spring of Gideon.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Samuel 31<\/div>\n
The body of Saul is displayed at the gates of the city.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n05<\/span>
\nMount Gilboa<\/strong>Battle of Saul \u00b7 David\u2019s elegy<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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1 Samuel 28:4<\/div>\n
The battle of Saul.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Samuel 1:17\u201324<\/div>\n
David\u2019s elegy over Saul and Jonathan.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n06<\/span>
\nSamaria<\/strong>Omri \u00b7 Ahab \u00b7 Prophets \u00b7 Assyrians \u00b7 Philip \u00b7 Peter & John<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Overview<\/div>\n
Third capital of Israel after Shechem and Tirzah.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Kings 16:23\u201325<\/div>\n
Omri rules from Tirzah and establishes Samaria.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Kings 16:29\u201331<\/div>\n
Ahab marries Jezebel.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Kings 16:32\u201333<\/div>\n
Ahab builds a temple to Baal.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Kings 18:1\u20132<\/div>\n
The Prophet Elijah appears before Ahab.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Kings 13:14<\/div>\n
The death of the Prophet Elisha.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Amos 4:1\u20132<\/div>\n
Amos warns the women of Samaria.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hosea 7:1; 8:4\u20137<\/div>\n
Hosea prophesies against crime and idolatry.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Jeremiah 23:13<\/div>\n
The sin of the prophets of Samaria.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Micah 1:1\u20137<\/div>\n
Judgment against Samaria.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Kings 10<\/div>\n
Jehu\u2019s massacre of the royal family of Israel.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Kings 17:1\u20136<\/div>\n
The Assyrian invasion and the fall of Samaria in 722 BC.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Kings 17:5\u20136<\/div>\n
The city is taken by the Assyrians.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Maccabees 10:30<\/div>\n
A Greek colony.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Historical note<\/div>\n
The city was connected by Pompey to the Roman province of Syria and later given to Herod; Herod the Great rebuilt it in honor of Augustus as Sebaste.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Acts 8:5<\/div>\n
Philip preaches in the city.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Acts 8:14<\/div>\n
Peter and John come to the city.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n07<\/span>
\nShiloh<\/strong>Samuel \u00b7 the Ark \u00b7 gathering of the tribes<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Overview<\/div>\n
City of Samuel and sanctuary of the Ark during the period of the Judges.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Joshua 18:1\u20139<\/div>\n
The land is apportioned from Shiloh, a place where the tribes gather.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Samuel 1; 3<\/div>\n
The childhood and calling of Samuel.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Samuel 4<\/div>\n
The capture of the Ark.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Jeremiah 7:12<\/div>\n
A warning to remember what happened at Shiloh, where God first caused his name to dwell.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Psalm 78:60<\/div>\n
God abandons the sanctuary at Shiloh.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n08<\/span>
\nMount Gerizim & Mount Ebal<\/strong>Holy Mountains \u00b7 blessing \u00b7 curse \u00b7 worship<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Joshua 8:33<\/div>\n
Israel assembles on Gerizim and Ebal.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Deuteronomy 11:29\u201330<\/div>\n
Blessing on Gerizim and curse on Ebal.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Deuteronomy 27:12<\/div>\n
The tribes stand on the two mountains.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Judges 9:7<\/div>\n
Jotham delivers his speech from Mount Gerizim.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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John 4:20<\/div>\n
The Samaritan tradition of worship on Mount Gerizim.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Maccabees 6:2<\/div>\n
Profanation of the temple.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n09<\/span>
\nShechem \u00b7 Nablus \u00b7 Balata<\/strong>Abraham \u00b7 Jacob \u00b7 Joseph \u00b7 Joshua \u00b7 Samaritans \u00b7 Jacob\u2019s Well<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Genesis 35:4<\/div>\n
Jacob destroys the idols of his household and buries them under the oak near Shechem.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Genesis 12:6<\/div>\n
Abraham passes through Shechem after coming from Ur.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Genesis 12:7<\/div>\n
Abraham builds an altar there.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Genesis 33:19<\/div>\n
Jacob purchases a field.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Genesis 34; 35<\/div>\n
The events involving the sons of Jacob and Shechem.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Genesis 37:12\u201325<\/div>\n
Joseph seeks his brothers tending their father\u2019s flock and is later sold.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Joshua 24:1\u201329<\/div>\n
Joshua gathers the people to renew the covenant before his death.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Joshua 24:32<\/div>\n
The bones of Joseph, brought from Egypt, are buried at Shechem.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Acts 7:16<\/div>\n
Reference to the burial of the patriarchs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Kings 12:1\u201320<\/div>\n
After Solomon\u2019s death, Rehoboam assembles the people; the kingdom divides into Israel and Judah.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Kings 17:24\u201341<\/div>\n
The origin of the Samaritans.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ezra 4:1\u201324<\/div>\n
The Samaritans seek to participate in rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Luke 9:51\u201356<\/div>\n
A Samaritan village refuses to receive Jesus.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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John 4:1\u201342<\/div>\n
Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacob\u2019s Well.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n10<\/span>
\nTell el Farah \u00b7 Biblical Tirzah<\/strong>First capital of the divided kingdom \u00b7 beauty of Tirzah<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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1 Kings 14:17<\/div>\n
Tirzah, the first capital of the divided kingdom.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Kings 15:21; 15:33<\/div>\n
Tirzah as the royal capital.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Kings 16:6; 16:23<\/div>\n
Tirzah in the history of the northern kingdom.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Song of Songs 6:4<\/div>\n
Tirzah is remembered for its beauty.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n11<\/span>
\nEngadin & Djenin<\/strong>The ten lepers<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Luke 17:11\u201319<\/div>\n
The healing of the ten lepers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n12<\/span>
\nDothan<\/strong>Joseph \u00b7 Elisha<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Genesis 37:14\u201317<\/div>\n
Joseph finds his brothers there.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Kings 6\u201313<\/div>\n
Elisha at Dothan.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
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\nBethulia<\/strong>Judith \u00b7 Holofernes<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Judith 5:7\u201310; 4:4\u20136<\/div>\n
The camp of Holofernes and the siege of Bethulia.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Judith 15:6<\/div>\n
Bethulia as the native country of Judith.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
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\nThebez<\/strong>Abimelech \u00b7 edge of the Jezreel plain<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Judges 9:53<\/div>\n
The death of Abimelech.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n15<\/span>
\nEn-dor<\/strong>Saul and the medium of En-dor<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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1 Samuel 28:7\u201325<\/div>\n
Saul consults the medium of En-dor.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
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\nMegiddo<\/strong>Deborah \u00b7 Solomon \u00b7 Josiah \u00b7 Armageddon<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Judges 1:27<\/div>\n
A Canaanite city.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Judges 4; 5<\/div>\n
The battle associated with Deborah.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Kings 9:15<\/div>\n
Construction works of Solomon.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Kings 9:27\u201329<\/div>\n
The death of Ahaziah.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 Kings 23:29; 2 Chronicles 35:20\u201327<\/div>\n
The death of King Josiah.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Zechariah 12:11<\/div>\n
Prophetic reference to Megiddo and the plain of Jezreel.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Revelation 16:16<\/div>\n
Armageddon in the Apocalypse.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
\n17<\/span>
\nValley of Sharon<\/strong>Fertile plain \u00b7 rose of Sharon \u00b7 early Christian witness<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Isaiah 33:9<\/div>\n
The fertile valley of Sharon is described as withering like a desert.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Isaiah 35:2<\/div>\n
The splendor of Carmel and Sharon.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Isaiah 65:10<\/div>\n
Sharon becomes a pasture for flocks.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 Chronicles 27:29<\/div>\n
Royal cattle and pasture in Sharon.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Song of Songs 2:1<\/div>\n
The rose of Sharon.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Acts 9:35<\/div>\n
The people of Lydda and Sharon turn to the Lord.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n
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\nCaesarea Maritima<\/strong>Philip \u00b7 Cornelius \u00b7 Herod Agrippa \u00b7 Paul \u00b7 early Church<\/small><\/span>
\n\u2304<\/span><\/summary>\n
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Overview<\/div>\n
A key setting for the universal mission of the early Church.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Acts 8:40<\/div>\n
Philip preaches the Good News.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Acts 10<\/div>\n
The baptism of Cornelius.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Acts 12:19\u201323<\/div>\n
The death of Herod Agrippa I.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Acts 9:30<\/div>\n
Paul departs for Tarsus.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Acts 18:22<\/div>\n
Paul reaches Caesarea on his journey.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Acts 21:8\u201326<\/div>\n
Paul visits the Christian community after his third missionary journey.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Acts 23; 25; 27<\/div>\n
Paul is imprisoned and tried before departing for Rome.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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231 AD<\/div>\n
Eusebius of Caesarea wrote his History of the Church; Origen was also active at Caesarea.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n
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