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He built a city on it and called the city Samaria in honor of Shemer. <a href="/esv/1_kings/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/16.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/16.htm">New King James Version</a> And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; then he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And he purchased the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> He bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And he bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And he bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. <a href="/amp/1_kings/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Omri bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built a city on the hill [and fortified it], and named the city which he built Samaria, after the owner of the hill, Shemer. <a href="/csb/1_kings/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> then he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for 150 pounds of silver, and he built up the hill. He named the city he built Samaria based on the name Shemer, the owner of the hill. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> then he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for 150 pounds of silver, and he built up the hill. He named the city he built Samaria based on the name Shemer, the owner of the hill. <a href="/asv/1_kings/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/1_kings/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> then he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for 6,000 pieces of silver. He built a town there and named it Samaria, after Shemer who had owned the hill. <a href="/erv/1_kings/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Omri bought a hill from Shemer for 150 pounds of silver. He fortified the hill and built the city of Samaria on it. He named the city after its former owner, Shemer. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> and then he bought the hill of Samaria for six thousand pieces of silver from a man named Shemer. Omri fortified the hill, built a town there, and named it Samaria, after Shemer, the former owner of the hill. <a href="/isv/1_kings/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, fortified the hill, and named the city Samaria after Shemer, the former owner of the hill. <a href="/msb/1_kings/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/1_kings/16.htm">NET Bible</a> He purchased the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver. He launched a construction project there and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/1_kings/16.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and he buys the Mount of Samaria from Shemer with two talents of silver, and builds [on] the mountain, and calls the name of the city that he has built by the name of Shemer, lord of the hill—Samaria. <a href="/ylt/1_kings/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/1_kings/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will buy the mountain Shomeron of Shomer with two talents of silver, and he will build the mountain, and call the name of the city which he built after the name of Shomer, lord of the mountain Shomeron.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he bought the hill of Samaria of Semer for two talents of silver: and he built upon it, and he called the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Semer the owner of the hill. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he bought the mount of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver. And he built upon it, and he called the name of the city that he had built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the mount. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/16.htm">New American Bible</a> He then bought the mountain of Samaria from Shemer for two silver talents and built upon the mountain the city he named Samaria, after Shemer, the former owner. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; he fortified the hill, and called the city that he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for one talent 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 of Samaria. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he bought the mountain of Samaria from Shamir with a talent of silver and he built on the mountain, and he called the name of the city that he built by the name of Shamir, the Lord of the Mountain of Samaria.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/1_kings/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Ambri bought the mount Semeron of Semer the lord of the mountain for two talents of silver; and he built upon the mountain, and they called the name of the mountain on which he built, after the name of Semer the lord of the mount, Semeron. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/16-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=6549" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/16.htm">Omri Reigns in Israel</a> …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. 24<a href="/hebrew/7069.htm" title="7069: way·yi·qen (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to erect, i.e. Create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase; by implication to own.">He bought</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·hār (Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the hill</a> <a href="/hebrew/8111.htm" title="8111: šō·mə·rō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Capital of N. kingdom of Isr. From the active participle of shamar; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine.">of Samaria</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: mê·’eṯ (Prep:: DirObjM) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/8106.htm" title="8106: še·mer (N-proper-ms) -- Three Isr. The same as shemer; Shemer, the name of three Israelites.">Shemer</a> <a href="/hebrew/3603.htm" title="3603: bə·ḵik·kə·ra·yim (Prep-b:: N-fd) -- From karar; a circle, i.e. a circumjacent tract or region, expec. The Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a loaf; also a talent (round) coin).">for two talents</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: kā·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">of silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: way·yi·ḇen (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">and built a city</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·hār (Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">there,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">calling</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šêm (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: bā·nāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8111.htm" title="8111: šō·mə·rō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Capital of N. kingdom of Isr. From the active participle of shamar; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine.">Samaria</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šem- (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">the name</a> <a href="/hebrew/8106.htm" title="8106: še·mer (N-proper-ms) -- Three Isr. The same as shemer; Shemer, the name of three Israelites.">of Shemer,</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: ’ă·ḏō·nê (N-mpc) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">who had owned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·hār (Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the hill.</a> 25But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_samuel/5-7.htm">2 Samuel 5:7</a> Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David). <a href="/2_samuel/24-18.htm">2 Samuel 24:18-25</a> And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” / So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded. / When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/11-4.htm">1 Chronicles 11:4-5</a> Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land. / The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David). <a href="/1_chronicles/21-18.htm">1 Chronicles 21:18-26</a> Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. / So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD. / Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. ... <a href="/joshua/18-28.htm">Joshua 18:28</a> Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. <a href="/judges/1-21.htm">Judges 1:21</a> The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites. <a href="/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13</a> I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/2_kings/23-13.htm">2 Kings 23:13</a> The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. <a href="/nehemiah/11-4.htm">Nehemiah 11:4</a> while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez; <a href="/psalms/48-2.htm">Psalm 48:2</a> Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King. <a href="/psalms/87-2.htm">Psalm 87:2</a> The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. <a href="/isaiah/29-1.htm">Isaiah 29:1</a> Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur. <a href="/isaiah/31-5.htm">Isaiah 31:5</a> Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.” <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Jeremiah 6:6</a> For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst. <a href="/matthew/5-35.htm">Matthew 5:35</a> or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.the name of the city<a href="/1_kings/13-32.htm">1 Kings 13:32</a> For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.<a href="/1_kings/18-2.htm">1 Kings 18:2</a> And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.<a href="/1_kings/20-1.htm">1 Kings 20:1</a> And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.Samaria [heb] Shomeron <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/24-24.htm">Bought</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-17.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-21.htm">Building</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-23.htm">Built</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-28.htm">Buyeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-18.htm">City</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-30.htm">Former</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-17.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-21.htm">Naming</a> <a href="/judges/19-23.htm">Owner</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-28.htm">Price</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-32.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-32.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/8-12.htm">Shemer</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-19.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-14.htm">Talents</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/5-8.htm">Bought</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-32.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-14.htm">Building</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-32.htm">Built</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-16.htm">Buyeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-10.htm">City</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-14.htm">Former</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-39.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-9.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-19.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-7.htm">Naming</a> <a href="/psalms/123-2.htm">Owner</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-2.htm">Price</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-28.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-28.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-21.htm">Shemer</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-3.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-5.htm">Talents</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 16</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/16-1.htm">Jehu's prophecy against Baasha</a> 5. <a href="/1_kings/16-5.htm">Elah succeeds him</a> 8. <a href="/1_kings/16-8.htm">Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him</a> 11. <a href="/1_kings/16-11.htm">Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy</a> 15. <a href="/1_kings/16-15.htm">Omri, made king by the soldiers, forces Zimri desperately to burn himself</a> 21. <a href="/1_kings/16-21.htm">The kingdom being divided, Omri prevails against Tibni</a> 23. <a href="/1_kings/16-23.htm">Omri builds Samaria</a> 25. <a href="/1_kings/16-25.htm">His wicked reign</a> 27. <a href="/1_kings/16-27.htm">Ahab succeeds him</a> 29. <a href="/1_kings/16-29.htm">Ahab's most wicked reign</a> 34. <a href="/1_kings/16-34.htm">Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer This transaction marks a significant moment in the history of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The purchase of the hill from Shemer indicates a legal and formal acquisition, which was common in ancient Near Eastern practices. The name "Shemer" is preserved in the name of the city, Samaria, suggesting the importance of lineage and heritage in naming conventions. This act of buying land reflects the political and strategic importance of the location, as Samaria would become the capital of the Northern Kingdom.for two talents of silver The price of two talents of silver signifies a substantial investment, indicating the value of the land. A talent was a large unit of weight, approximately 75 pounds or 34 kilograms, making this a significant sum. This transaction underscores the economic practices of the time and the importance of silver as a medium of exchange. The investment in Samaria highlights its anticipated role as a central hub for governance and trade.and built a city there The construction of a city on this hill demonstrates a strategic move to establish a new political and administrative center. Building a city involved significant resources and labor, reflecting the king's intention to create a lasting legacy. The location on a hill provided natural defenses, which was a common consideration in ancient city planning. This city would later become a focal point in the history of Israel, serving as the capital of the Northern Kingdom.calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer Naming the city Samaria after Shemer, the original owner of the hill, reflects a common practice of honoring previous landowners or significant figures. This naming also serves to legitimize the new city by connecting it to its past. Samaria would become synonymous with the Northern Kingdom, playing a crucial role in its history and identity. The name Samaria is mentioned frequently in the Bible, often in the context of the kingdom's political and spiritual challenges.who had owned the hill The mention of Shemer as the original owner emphasizes the continuity of land ownership and the importance of heritage. This detail provides a historical anchor for the narrative, linking the new city to its past. The acknowledgment of Shemer's ownership highlights the legal and cultural practices of land transactions in ancient Israel. This connection to the past would have been significant for the inhabitants of Samaria, grounding their new capital in a sense of historical continuity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/o/omri.htm">Omri</a> The sixth king of Israel, who reigned after Zimri and established a new capital for the Northern Kingdom. 2. <a href="/topical/s/shemer.htm">Shemer</a> The original owner of the hill that Omri purchased to build the city of Samaria. 3. <a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a> The city built by Omri, which became the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/t/two_talents_of_silver.htm">Two Talents of Silver</a> The price paid by Omri for the hill, indicating a significant investment in establishing a new capital. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_hill_of_samaria.htm">The Hill of Samaria</a> The strategic location chosen by Omri for its defensibility and central position in the Northern Kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_foundations.htm">The Importance of Foundations</a> Omri's decision to establish Samaria as the capital shows the importance of laying strong foundations. In our lives, we must ensure that our spiritual and moral foundations are built on Christ, the solid rock. <a href="/topical/s/strategic_decisions_and_their_consequences.htm">Strategic Decisions and Their Consequences</a> Omri's choice of Samaria was strategic, but it also became a center of idolatry and rebellion against God. Our decisions should be guided by wisdom and aligned with God's will to avoid negative consequences. <a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_influence.htm">Legacy and Influence</a> Omri's legacy was marked by the city he built, which influenced Israel's history. We should consider the legacy we are building and strive to leave a positive, godly influence on those around us. <a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_leadership.htm">The Cost of Leadership</a> Omri's investment in Samaria reflects the cost of leadership. As leaders in our families, churches, or communities, we must be willing to invest time, resources, and effort to build and nurture those we lead. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> Despite human plans and constructions, God remains sovereign over nations and their destinies. We should trust in His ultimate plan and purpose for our lives and the world.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 16</a> <a href="/q/what's_samaria's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Samaria's significance in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/can_records_verify_samaria's_destruction.htm">Hosea 13:16: Can any historical or archaeological records verify the severe destruction described for Samaria, or does the text exaggerate events to make a theological point?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_samaria's_destruction.htm">Micah 1:6 – Is there historical or archaeological evidence to confirm Samaria’s predicted destruction as precisely described here? </a> <a href="/q/proof_of_samaria's_siege_and_cannibalism.htm">2 Kings 6:24–29: Is there any historical or archaeological proof of Samaria’s siege and reported cannibalism? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) Built on the hill.--Omri only followed the usual practice of a new dynasty in the East, of which Jeroboam had set an example at Shechem, and probably Baasha at Tirzah. Possibly the seeds of disaffection may have still lurked in Tirzah, the place of Zimri's conspiracy, and (as has been conjectured) of Tibni's rival power. But the site of Samaria must have been chosen by a soldier's eye. Its Hebrew name (Shomeron) means a "watch-tower," and may well have had a double derivation, from its natural position, as well as from its owner's name. Its position was one of great beauty, and, in the warfare of those days, of singular strength, as is shown by the long sieges which it withstood (<a href="/1_kings/20-1.htm" title="And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.">1Kings 20:1</a>; <a href="/2_kings/6-24.htm" title="And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.">2Kings 6:24</a>; <a href="/2_kings/17-5.htm" title="Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.">2Kings 17:5</a>; <a href="/context/2_kings/18-9.htm" title="And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.">2Kings 18:9-10</a>). It lay north-west of Shechem, on an isolated hill with precipitous sides, rising in the middle of a basin of the hills of Ephraim, not far from the edge of the maritime plain, and commanding a view of the sea. Its history vindicated the sagacity of its founder. Even after its destruction and depopulation by the Assyrians, it seems to have revived, for Alexander took it on his invasion of Palestine, and placed a Greek colony there. Again destroyed by John Hyrcanus, it was rebuilt by Herod, and called Sebaste, in honour of Augustus. In the Assyrian inscriptions it is known as Beth-Khumri ("the house of Omri").<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 24. ? And he bought [i.e., after the six years just mentioned. During the four years of anarchy Omri would seem to have retained possession of the capital which he had taken (ver. 18) on Zimri's death. But the palace being burnt and the defences perhaps weakened by the siege, he determined, rather than rebuild it, to found a capital elsewhere] the hill Samaria [Heb. Shomeron, called by Herod Sebaste, whence its modern name Sebustieh. In his selection of Samaria for the seat of government, Omri acted with singular judgment. It has been said that "Shechem is the natural capital of Palestine," and no doubt it enjoys a commanding position and great advantages, but Samaria has even superior recommendations. It is a site with which no traveller can fail to be deeply impressed. Even Van de Velde, who says, "I do not agree with Dr. Robinson and other writers who follow him that the mountain of Samaria presents so admirable a combination of strength, fertility, and beauty, that the like is hardly to be found in Palestine" (vol. 1. pp. 374, 375), nevertheless readily allows its superiority to Tirzah, and remarks on the strength of its position. "Many travellers have expressed a conviction that the spot was in most respects much preferable to the site of Jerusalem" (Kitto). It is a large oval or oblong mound, with a level surface, adapted for buildings, with steep sides to make its position impregnable, and surrounded by an amphitheatre of hills. "Samaria is in a position of great strength., and must before the invention of gunpowder have been almost impregnable. It stands some 400 feet above the valley, the sides of the hill being steep and terraced in every direction for cultivation, or perhaps for defensive purposes.. broad and open valleys stretch north and south, and the hill is thus almost isolated," Conder, p. 47, who adds, "Strategical reasons may be supposed to have dictated the choice of the capital of Omri, for on the north the hill commands the main road to Jezreel over a steep pass, on the west it dominates the road to the coast, and on the east that to the Jordan" (p. 49). Grove (Dict. Bib. 3:1099) speaks of "the singular beauty of the spot," and Stanley ("Jewish Church" it. p. 284) justly sees in the selection of this spot a proof of Omri's sagacity. But perhaps the best proof is that which the subsequent history supplies. Shechem and Tirzah had each been tried, and each in turn had been abandoned. But Samaria continued to be the capital so long as the kingdom lasted] of Shemer for two talents of silver [variously estimated at £500 and £800. This purchase, obviously of the freehold, i.e., in perpetuity, was in contravention of the law of <a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">Leviticus 25:23</a>. David had bought the threshing floor of Ornan, but that was (1) from a Jebusite, and (2) for a high religious purpose (<a href="/2_samuel/24-24.htm">2 Samuel 24:24</a>). It has been suggested that this purchase may have inspired Ahab with the idea of buying the vineyard of Naboth], and built on [Heb. built] the hill and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. [It is not improbable that the vendor bargained that the land should retain his name (cf. <a href="/psalms/49-11.htm">Psalm 49:11</a>). The reluctance of the Israelite to part with his patrimony, even to the king, is brought out very strikingly in ch. 21. Shemer, in selling his choice parcel of land for a capital, might well wish to connect his name with it. The fact that שֹׁמְרון means watch mountain (Gesen.), and that we should have expected a name formed from Shemer to take the form Shimron - Shomeron would strictly imply an original Shomer - is not by any means a proof that our historian is at fault in his derivation. For, in the first place, the names Shomer and Shemer are used of the same person in <a href="/1_chronicles/7-32.htm">1 Chronicles 7:32, 34</a>. And secondly, nothing would be more in accordance with Jewish ideas than that Omri, in naming the hill after its owner, should give a turn to the word which would also express at the same time its characteristic feature. A pun, or play upon word, was the form which wit assumed amongst the Semitic races (as, indeed, is the case still, see Conder, p. 801), and the form Shomeron would at once perpetuate the memory of Shemer, and express the hope and purpose of Omri. It is a curious fact that the later Samaritans did play upon this very word, representing themselves as guardians (שֹּׁמְרִים) of the law (Ewald). The Greek form of the name, Σαμάρεια, would seem to have been derived through the Chaldee שִׁמְרָיִן as found in <a href="/ezra/4-10.htm">Ezra 4:10, 17</a>.] <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/16-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>He bought וַיִּ֜קֶן (way·yi·qen) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7069.htm">Strong's 7069: </a> To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own the hill הָהָ֥ר (hā·hār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country of Samaria שֹׁמְר֛וֹן (šō·mə·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8111.htm">Strong's 8111: </a> Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel from מֵ֥אֶת (mê·’eṯ) Preposition | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case Shemer שֶׁ֖מֶר (še·mer) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8106.htm">Strong's 8106: </a> Shemer -- three Israelites for two talents בְּכִכְּרַ֣יִם (bə·ḵik·kə·ra·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - fd <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3603.htm">Strong's 3603: </a> A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money) of silver כָּ֑סֶף (kā·sep̄) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> Silver, money and built [a city] וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (way·yi·ḇen) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build [there], הָהָ֔ר (hā·hār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country calling וַיִּקְרָ֗א (way·yiq·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read [it] הָעִיר֙ (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement Samaria שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ (šō·mə·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8111.htm">Strong's 8111: </a> Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel after עַ֣ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the name שֶׁם־ (šem-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name of Shemer, שֶׁ֔מֶר (še·mer) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8106.htm">Strong's 8106: </a> Shemer -- three Israelites who had owned אֲדֹנֵ֖י (’ă·ḏō·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> Sovereign, controller the hill. הָהָ֥ר (hā·hār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-24.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 16:24 He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/16-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 16:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 16:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/16-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 16:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 16:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>