Cuth; Cuthah
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Cuthah was an ancient Mesopotamian city located in Babylonia, known as the origin of the colonists resettled in Samaria by the Assyrian empire.
What is the meaning of Cuth; Cuthah in the Bible?
Cuthah, identified with the archaeological site of Tell Ibrahim, was a Babylonian city from which Sargon II and Sennacherib deported populations to repopulate the territory of the former Kingdom of Israel. The site yielded artifacts confirming its status as a significant urban center in the Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods.
SIGNIFICANCE
Identifying Cuthah clarifies the historical context of the foreign settlers introduced in 2 Kings 17, explaining the syncretic religious practices that developed in Samaria and the subsequent tensions between Jews and Samaritans.
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Built upon the 1915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia and Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897). Entries have been modernized, checked for academic truthfulness, and shortened for clarity.