-(美索不達米亞的省城)
 -撒瑪利亞被攻陷後，亞述王俘虜的以色列人被安置在這裡
     代上 5:26  王下 17:6  18:11  19:12 

 -(A district of Mesopotamia)
 -Israelites taken in captivity to, by the king of Assyria,
  after the conquest of Samaria
     1Ch 5:26  2Ki 17:6  18:11  19:12