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A river in Jewish legend. After the Assyrian conquest of 721 bce, the ten Northern tribes were said to have been exiled across the river Sambatyon. It was said to ...

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SAMBATYON
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2) Length: 331 words
Sambatyon
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev) Length: 50 words

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