Pastor John,
Just a quick question…
Did I understand this correctly? The Samaritans weren’t ever Jews, but people who were sent from other countries by a foreign king into the land of Israel.
Wendell
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That is correct, Wendell.
2Kings 17 tells the sad story of how the Assyrian king deported the Israelites from northern and central Israel, and replaced them with foreigners. That chapter also tells why God did it.
Pastor John
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So, they were never half Jews?? I thought they were half, or in some way descendent of Jews??
Jenny
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They are half-Jews only in a religious sense. They adopted some of the Jews’ ways.
Pastor John
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