1 Kings 16:24
And he bought the mountaine Samaria of one Shemer for two talents of siluer, and buylt in the mountaine, and called the name of the citie, which he buylt, after the name of Shemer lord of the mountaine, Samaria.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
25But Omri did euil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse then all that were before him.
Cross References
1 Kings 16:28And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buryed in Samaria: and Ahab his sonne reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 18:2And Eliiah went to shew himselfe vnto Ahab, and there was a great famine in Samaria.
1 Kings 22:37So the King died, and was brought to Samaria, and they buried the King in Samaria.
2 Kings 17:6In the ninth yeere of Hoshea, the King of Asshur tooke Samaria, and caryed Israel away vnto Asshur, and put them in Halah, and in Habor by the riuer of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Amos 6:1Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and trust in the moutaine of Samaria, which were famous at the beginning of the nations: and the house of Israel came to them.
John 4:4And he must needes goe 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 →