Sin of Samaria
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Amos 8:14 "They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba[1] liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again."
- In Hebrew, "the sin of Samaria" (שְׁוֹמְרִים, Shomerim) refers to the idolatry which is often a rebellion against God through covetous practices which characterized the northern kingdom of Israel, centered in the city of Samaria, and is often associated with institutions like the golden calf which does away with or encroaches upon the Just weights and and measures[2] including the worship initiated by King Jeroboam.
These "foreign gods and idols", including the golden calves at Dan and Bethel, were systems of centralized wealth and power like that which Jeroboam established as alternative systems of worship.
The prophets of the time, such as Amos and Hosea, condemned the sin of Samaria, foretelling judgment and destruction for the northern kingdom due to their idolatry and disobedience.
- Amos 8:14 "They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba[1] liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again."
- Hosea 4:15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 0884 בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Bë’er Sheba‘ [be-ayr’ sheh’- bah] from 0875 בְּאֵר a well from 0874 בָּאַר make clear; and 07651 seven (in the sense of 07650 swear and oath mor adjure); n pr loc; [BDB-92a] [{See TWOT on 194 @@ "194d" }] AV-Beersheba 34; 34
- Beer-sheba= "well of the sevenfold oath"
- 1) a city at the south edge of Israel
- Beersheba is symbolic of the Holy Spirit and a "well of satisfaction" like Christ in John 4:13-15 with the woman of the well.
- ↑ Just measure of money
- Leviticus 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Leviticus 19:35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- Leviticus 19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 25:13 ¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
- Deuteronomy 25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
- Deuteronomy 25:15 [But] thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Deuteronomy 25:16 For all that do such things, [and] all that do unrighteously, [are] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
- Proverbs 11:1 ¶ A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.
- Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.