Story · 12 · Nehemiah
The good Samaritans before Jesus
Chronicles tells how Northerners captured 200,000 Judeans, then, rebuked by a prophet, clothed and fed them and escorted them home to Jericho.
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Where Ezra-Nehemiah excludes Samaria, Chronicles embraces the North as part of 'all Israel,' united around Jerusalem's temple. Centuries later, Jesus told a parable about a Samaritan helping a man on the road to Jericho, embodying 'love your neighbor as yourself.'
Bible reference: 2 Chronicles 28; Leviticus 19:18
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 200–202
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