1 KINGS 16:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
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, Samaria — Omri purchases Mount Samaria and constructs a new capital city. The phrase marks a crucial political shift: Omri abandons Tirzah for a fortified, strategically superior location. Samaria (שׁוֹמְרוֹן, from the Hebrew root meaning 'watch'), becomes the northern kingdom's iconic capital, renamed from the previous owner Shemer.
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