SAMPSAMES.One of the places to which the Romans wrote in favour of the Jews (1Ma_15:23); usually identified with Samsun, a seaport town on the Black Sea. RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] , with Vulg. [Note: Vulgate.] , has Lampsacus.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
samp?sa-mēz (Σαμψάμης, Sampsámēs): A place mentioned in 1 Macc 15:23, usually identified with Samsun, on the coast of the Black Sea. The Vulgate, with the Revised Version margin, has ?Lampsacus.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Sampsames
(Σαμψάμης v.r. Σαμψάκης; Vulg. Lampsacus, Samsames), a name which occurs in the list of those to whom the Romans are said to have sent letters in favor of the Jews (1Ma_15:23). The name is probably not that of a sovereign (as it appears to be taken in the A.V.), but of a place, which Grimm identifies with Samsun, on the coast of the Black Sea, between Sinope and Trebizond.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.