1 Kings 16:24
He got the hill Samaria from Shemer for the price of two talents of silver, and he made a town there, building it on the hill and naming it Samaria, after Shemer the owner of the hill.
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25And Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all those before him,
Cross References
1 Kings 16:28So Omri went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.
1 Kings 18:2So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.
1 Kings 22:37And they came to Samaria, and put the king's body to rest in Samaria.
2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.
Amos 6:1Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!
John 4:4And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 16:16-29
Zimri's Death; Reign of Omri. ( b. c. 929.) 15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18 And it came… Read the whole commentary →