24 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, (A)Samaria,[a] after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:24 Heb. Shomeron

24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents[a] of silver and built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria,(A) after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:24 That is, about 150 pounds or about 68 kilograms

Syria Besieges Samaria in Famine

24 And it happened after this that (A)Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.

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Famine in Besieged Samaria

24 Some time later, Ben-Hadad(A) king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege(B) to Samaria.

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