Omri buys Samaria’s hill

23In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel for twelve years; he reigned in Tirzah six years.

24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, built on the hill, and called the name of the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.