The Samaritan Temple. The separation was final and decisive. Nothing remained for the Samaritans but to make the best of their defeat. They also had descendants of the priestly Aaronic family among them. That the same had been driven from their homes on account of wicked practices was in their eyes no discredit. They too had some claim to the name of Israelites, and where it failed were at no loss to supply its place with the most baseless and egregious assumptions. Why should they not, then, have