24 And he purchased the hill [a]Samaria from Shemer for [b]two 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.

25 Now (B)Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and (C)acted more wickedly than all who were before him. 26 For he (D)walked [d]entirely in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins into which he misled Israel, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their [e]idols. 27 Now as for the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he [f]displayed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 28 And Omri [g]lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and his son Ahab became king in his place.

29 Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:24 Heb Shomeron
  2. 1 Kings 16:24 About 150 lb. or 68 kg
  3. 1 Kings 16:24 Heb Shomeron
  4. 1 Kings 16:26 Lit in all the way of
  5. 1 Kings 16:26 Lit non-existing things
  6. 1 Kings 16:27 Lit did
  7. 1 Kings 16:28 I.e., died

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