John 4:4-5
And it behooved Him to go through Samaria.
Acts 8:5-8
and Philip, having gone down to the city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them,
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And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.