1 Kings 16:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he buyeth the mount Samaria from Shemer, with two talents of silver, and buildeth <FI>on<Fi> the mount, and calleth the name of the city that he hath built by the name of Shemer, lord of the hill--Samaria.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 16:24 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 13:32for 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.”
- 1 Kings 16:28And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:32First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
- 1 Kings 18:2So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
- 1 Kings 20:1Now 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.
- 1 Kings 22:37So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.
- 2 Kings 17:1In 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.
- 2 Kings 17:6In 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.
- 2 Kings 17:24Then 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.
- Amos 6:1Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
- Micah 1:5All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
- John 4:4Now He had to pass through Samaria.
- Acts 8:5Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
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