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1 Kings 16:23-25
Modern English Version
1 Kings 16:23-25
Modern English Version
23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and he did so twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah. 24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents[a] of silver. He fortified the hill and named the city he built after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, calling it “Samaria.”
25 But Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did worse than all who preceded him,
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- 1 Kings 16:24 About 150 pounds, or 68 kilograms.
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