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1 Kings 16:22-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Kings 16:22-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 But the people who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni son of Ginath, so Tibni died, and Omri became king. 23 In the thirty-first year of King Asa of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel; he reigned for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.(A)
Samaria the New Capital
24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; he fortified the hill and called the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.(B)
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