1 Kings 16:24

²² But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

²³ In 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.

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.

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

²⁶ For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built on the hill and called the name of the city that he built after the name of Shemer, lord of the hill of Samaria.

ÅB: Han kjøpte Samaria-fjellet av Semer for to talenter sølv; og han bygget en by på fjellet og kalte den Samaria etter Semer, som hadde eid fjellet.
OTB: Han kjøpte høyden Samaria fra Semer for to talenter sølv, og han bygde på høyden, og ga byen han bygde navnet Samaria, etter Semer, den tidligere eieren av høyden.
B1930: Han kjøpte Samaria-fjellet av Semer for to talenter sølv; og han bygget en by på fjellet og kalte den Samaria efter Semer, som hadde eid fjellet.

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1 Kings 13:32
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.”
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1 Kings 16:32
First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
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2 Kings 17:24
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
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1 Kings 20:1
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.
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1 Kings 16:28–29
And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 17:6
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.
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1 Kings 22:37
So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.
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2 Kings 17:1
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.
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