1 Kings 16:24 “He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver an…”

1 Kings 16:24

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

World English Bible

He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

American Standard Version

And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he bought the mountaine Samaria of one Shemer for two talents of siluer, and buylt in the mountaine, and called the name of the citie, which he buylt, after the name of Shemer lord of the mountaine, Samaria.

Darby Translation

And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and built on the hill, and called the name of the city that he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

Young's Literal Translation

and he buyeth the mount Samaria from Shemer, with two talents of silver, and buildeth [on] the mount, and calleth the name of the city that he hath built by the name of Shemer, lord of the hill — Samaria.

Bible in Basic English

He got the hill Samaria from Shemer for the price of two talents of silver, and he made a town there, building it on the hill and naming it Samaria, after Shemer the owner of the hill.

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Cross references

“the name of the city”

1 Kings 13:32 1 Kings 18:2 1 Kings 20:1 1 Kings 22:37 2 Kings 17:1 2 Kings 17:6

1 Kings 13:32 · BSB

for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”

1 Kings 18:2 · BSB

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,

1 Kings 20:1 · BSB

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.

1 Kings 22:37 · BSB

So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.

2 Kings 17:1 · BSB

In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.

2 Kings 17:6 · BSB

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

Also

1 Kings 16:32 1 Kings 16:28–29

1 Kings 16:32 · BSB

First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.

1 Kings 16:28–29 · BSB

And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

25But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

Read 1 Kings 16