for the Jewes have no dealings with the Samaritanes] The Samaritanes claimed kindred of the Jews in their prosperitie; but in their afflictions would never acknowledge them, Joseph. Antiq. Jud. l. 11. c. 8. The Jews esteemed them wicked and profane: likewise the Samaritanes thought themselves polluted, if they touched a Jew. See 2 King. 17. 26, &c.