1 Kings 16:23-25

English Standard Version Anglicised

²³ In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for twelve years; for six years he reigned in Tirzah. ²⁴ He bought the hill of ^(A)Samaria from Shemer for two talents^[a] of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built ^(B)Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

^25 (C)Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil ^(D)than all who were before him.