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24 And he bought the hill [a]Samaria from Shemer for two [b]talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built [c](A)Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:24 Heb Shomeron
  2. 1 Kings 16:24 A talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg
  3. 1 Kings 16:24 Heb Shomeron

Aram’s Siege of Samaria

24 Now it happened afterwards, that (A)Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his military camp and went up and besieged Samaria.

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