Inhabitants of Samaria
(2 Kings 17:29). The planting of Assyrian colonists in Samaria (2 Kings 17:24-34), led to a strange admixture of people, language, laws, religions, and customs, and brought the name Samaritan into reproach with Jews (Matt. 10:5; John 4:9-26; 8:48; Acts 8:1; 9:31).