1 Kings 16:24
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.
Note 2 talents is approximately 151 pounds or 68.4 kilograms of silver.
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.
Note Samaria: Heb. Shomeron
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.
Note A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the name of the city
- 1 Kings 13:32; 1 Kings 18:2; 1 Kings 20:1; 1 Kings 22:37; 2 Kings 17:1, 6, 24; John 4:4, 5; Acts 8:5–8