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.

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.