1 Raja-raja 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ¹  from Shemer for two talents ²  of silver. He launched a construction project there ³  and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Raja-raja 16:28-29

16:28 Omri passed away ⁴  and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king. ⁵ 

Ahab Promotes Idolatry

16:29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria. ⁶ 

¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

² tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 150 pounds of silver.

³ tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

⁴ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁵ tc The Old Greek has eight additional verses here. Cf. 1 Kgs 22:41-44.

⁶ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.