1 Kings 16:24

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1 Kings 16:24 New International Version (NIV)

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

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

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1 Kings 16:28

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1 Kings 16:28 New International Version (NIV)

²⁸Omri rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. And Ahab his son succeeded him as king.

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1 Kings 20:1

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Ben-Hadad Attacks Samaria

20 Now Ben-Hadad king of Aram mustered his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he went up and besieged Samaria and attacked it.

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2 Kings 10:1

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Ahab’s Family Killed

10 Now there were in Samaria seventy sons of the house of Ahab. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria: to the officials of Jezreel,^[a] to the elders and to the guardians of Ahab’s children. He said,