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1 Kings 16:23-25
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 16:23-25
New Catholic Bible
23 Omri’s Reign.[a] It was during the thirty-first year of the reign of Asa, the king of Judah, that Omri began to reign over Israel. He reigned for twelve years, six of them from Tirzah.
24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built a city upon the hill and named it Samaria, after Shemer, the owner of the hill.
25 Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, worse than any of those who preceded him.
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- 1 Kings 16:23 Omri builds the capital city, Samaria, the destruction of which will mark the end of the northern kingdom in 721 B.C.
