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The Samaritans actually were an Israelite people descended from the original 12 tribes to whom the land was promised, unlike the Philistines (Palestinians) who are not descended from Jacob.
The Samaritans actually were an Israelite people descended from the original 12 tribes to whom the land was promised, unlike the Philistines (Palestinians) who are not descended from Jacob.
The difference being, the Samaritans were more of rural people living outside Jerusalem, who could not worship at the temple (or bring sacrifices to the door of the temple) as the original Law of Moses commanded because of the remote distance. So this led to various differences in interpretation of the Torah. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]</sup> 23:25, December 21, 2023 (EST)
The difference being, the Samaritans were more of a rural people living outside the urban area of Jerusalem, who could not worship at the temple (or bring sacrifices to the door of the temple) as the original Law of Moses commanded because of the remote distance. So this led to various differences in interpretation of the Torah. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]</sup> 23:25, December 21, 2023 (EST)
See Jn 4:20, the woman at the well, ''"ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship"''. This became a doctrinal difference between the Jews, a remnant of the 12 twelve tribes who returned after the Babylonian captivity, and the Samaritans, also a surviving remnant. The Samaritans said that you can worship God in the field, and you didn't have to travel to the city to pay your obligations, tithes, make sacrifices, etc.
Jesus actually sided with Samaritans when he read the Pharisees the riot act, "''Make not my father's house a house of merchandise'', or ''"Ye are likened unto whited sepulchers, full of dead men's bones"''. As he told the woman at the well, ''"the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him"''.
But the Philistines (Palestinians) were a gentile people. I don't think there's a record of Jews and Samarians having a military conflict. Their differences were doctrinal. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]</sup> 23:42, December 21, 2023 (EST)