1 Kings 16:23-25

International Children’s Bible

²³ Omri became king of Israel. This was during the thirty-first year Asa was king of Judah. And Omri ruled Israel for 12 years. Six of those years he ruled in the town of Tirzah. ²⁴ Omri bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer. He paid about 150 pounds of silver for it. Omri built a city on that hill. And he called it Samaria after the name of its earlier owner, Shemer.

²⁵ But Omri did what the Lord said was wrong. He did more evil than all the kings who were before him.