Significantly, all clans identified in the Samaria Ostraca belong to the tribe of Manasseh. According to the NIV Archaeological Study Bible, this provides "an extrabiblical link between the clans of Manasseh and the territory in which the Bible claims they settled."
The Samaria Ostraca also verify the accuracy of the Bible writer Amos, who said regarding the rich people of that era: "They drink wine by the bowlful and anoint themselves with the choicest oils." (Amos 6:1,6) The Samaria Ostraca confirm that such items were indeed imported to the section of land that was inhabited by the ten clans of Manasseh.
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