The River Sambation: Legends tell that when the Temple was destroyed, and the Israelites were taken to Babylon, their captors asked them to play the instruments and sing the songs of Zion. [100%] 2000-01-12
Sambation, Sanbation, Sabbation (Sambaṭyon): In rabbinical literature the river across which the ten tribes were transported by Shalmaneser, King of Assyria, and about which so many legends subsequently accumulated that it was considered by some scholars to be altogether mythical. The name of the ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [86%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
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Sabbation: Sabbation, or Sambatyon, a river (real or imaginary) in Media - named in some old authorities (Palestinian Talmud, and Midrash Gen. the site of the exile of the Ten Tribes. has this curious passage, from which, no doubt, many of the ... [55%] 2022-09-02