1 Kings 16:24

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.

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WEBBE

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.

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.

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.

BBE

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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וַיִּקֶן vai·yi·ken and he bought H7069 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָהָר ha·har the hill H2022 שֹׁמְרוֹן sho·me·ron Samaria H8111 מֵאֶת me·'et from with H854 שֶׁמֶר she·mer Shemer H8106 בְּכִכְּרַיִם be·khi·ke·ra·yim for two talents H3603 כָּסֶף ka·sef silver H3701 וַיִּבֶן vai·yi·ven and he built H1129 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָהָר ha·har the hill H2022 וַיִּקְרָא vai·yik·ra' and he called H7121 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 שֵׁם shem [the] name of H8034 הָעִיר ha·'ir the city H5892 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 בָּנָה ba·nah he built H1129 עַל 'al on H5921 שֶׁם־ shem- [the] name of H8034 שֶׁמֶר she·mer Shemer H8106 אֲדֹנֵי 'a·do·nei [the] owner(s) of H113 הָהָר ha·har the hill H2022 שֹׁמְרוֹן sho·me·ron Samaria H8111

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 15–28

When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another. Proud aspiring men ruin one another. Omri struggled with Tibni some years. Though we do not always understand the rules by which God governs nations and individuals in his providence, we may learn useful lessons from the history before us. When tyrants succeed each other, and massacres, conspiracies, and civil wars, we may be sure the Lord has a controversy with the people for their sins; they are loudly called to repent and reform. Omri made himself infamous by his wickedness. Many wicked men have been men of might and renown; have built cities, and their names are found in history; but they have no name in the book of life.

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Shemer Samaria

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.