Mountain
Mountains in the Bible often represents people gathered together.
mountains of Samaria
Jeremiah 31:5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains[1] of Samaria[2]:[3] the planters shall plant, and shall eat [them] as common things.
Amos 3:9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains[1] of Samaria[2], and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
In the original text we see the term Mountain and Samaria are not together.[4] Holman Christian Standard Bible translates the text slightly different. "Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt: Assemble on the mountains of Samaria and see the great turmoil in the city and the acts of oppression within it."
The phrase "turmoil in the city and the acts of oppression within it"is again talking about the bloody city which is a common theme of the Biblical text.
Amos 4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
Amos 6:1 Woe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 02022 הַר har HeyReish [har] a shortened form of 02042 HeyReishReish, Greek 717 Αρμαγεδων; n m; [BDB-223b, BDB-249a] [{See TWOT on 517 @@ "517a" }] AV-mountain 261, mount 224, hill 59, hill country 1, promotion 1; 546.
- 1) hill, mountain, hill country, mount
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 08111 שֹׁמְרוֹן Shomërown [sho-mer-one’] from the act part of 08104 to keep, guard, observe,, Greek 4540 "guardianship" σαμαρεια; n pr loc; [BDB-1037b] [{See TWOT on 2414 @@ "2414d" }] AV-Samaria 109; 109
- Samaria= "watch mountain"
- 1) the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam 1 Kings 12:11
- 2) the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem
- ↑ In the original text we see ShinMemReishVavNun from shamar which is 08104 ShinMemReish which means guard the word for mountain HeyReish is seen with additional letters BeitHeyReishYod
- ↑ 3:9 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex הַשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙ עַל־אַרְמְנֹ֣ות בְּאַשְׁדֹּ֔וד וְעַֽל־אַרְמְנֹ֖ות בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְאִמְר֗וּ הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ עַל־הָרֵ֣י שֹׁמְרֹ֔ון וּרְא֞וּ מְהוּמֹ֤ת רַבֹּות֙ בְּתֹוכָ֔הּ וַעֲשׁוּקִ֖ים בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃