Omri buys Samaria’s hill

The House of Omri and Ahab · 1 Kings 16

Story guide: Omri pays Shemer two talents of silver for the hill, where construction of Samaria begins; the passage gives no description of either man or the site.

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

24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city on it. He named the city Samaria, after Shemer, the owner of the hill.

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