as-Sāmira) was the capital city of the KingdomofIsrael between c. 880 BCE and c. 720 BCE. It is the namesake ofSamaria, a historical region bounded by Judea
of Samaria, capital of the northern KingdomofIsrael. The name Samaria likely began being used for the entire kingdom not long after the town of Samaria
historical kings of the Land ofIsrael—Abimelech of Sichem, the three kings of the United KingdomofIsrael and those of its successor states, Israel and Judah