Sebastia (Samaria)
Open the place on the mapKing Omri bought this hill and built the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel on it. Ahab's ivory palace stood here until the Assyrians took the city in −722; Herod later rebuilt it as Sebaste.
Names through time
- Samaria until −28
- Sebastia (Samaria) today
What happened here
Abraham enters Canaan−1943
Labayu (Shechem Canaan)−1350
Mount Ebal Altar−1220
Abimelech Rule−1215 – −1212
Judge Tola−1212 – −1189- Judge Abdon−1144 – −1136
Israel and Judah Split−930
King Jeroboam I (Israel)−930 – −910
Prophet Jehu (Israel/Judah)−888 – −850
King Omri (Israel)−885 – −874
Samaria Capital of Israel−880
King Ahab (Israel)−874 – −853
Prophet Micaiah (Israel/Judah)−860 – −850
King Ahaziah (Israel)−853 – −852
King Jehoram (Israel)−852 – −841
Prophet Elisha (Israel)−850 – −795
King Jehu (Israel)−841 – −814
King Jehoahaz (Israel)−814 – −798
Samaria Ostraca−800
King Jehoash (Israel)−798 – −782
King Jeroboam II (Israel)−782 – −753
Prophet Hosea (Israel)−760 – −722
King Zechariah (Israel)−753
King Shallum (Israel)−752
King Menahem (Israel)−752 – −742
King Pekahiah (Israel)−742 – −740
King Pekah (Israel)−740 – −732
King Hoshea (Israel)−732 – −722
Fall of Israel (Assyria)−722
Samaritan Schism−450
Samaritan Temple Destroyed−111