1 Kings 16:24

World English Bible (2000)

He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 13:32 : 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely happen."
  • 1 Kgs 16:28-29 : 28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place. 29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
  • 1 Kgs 16:32 : 32 He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
  • 1 Kgs 18:2 : 2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
  • 1 Kgs 20:1 : 1 Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
  • 1 Kgs 22:37 : 37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
  • 2 Kgs 17:1 : 1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] nine years.
  • 2 Kgs 17:6 : 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
  • 2 Kgs 17:24 : 24 The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it.
  • John 4:4-5 : 4 He needed to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.
  • Acts 8:5-8 : 5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ. 6 The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did. 7 For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed. 8 There was great joy in that city.

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  • 1 Kgs 16:23
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    23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, [and reigned] twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

  • 1 Kgs 16:25-29
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    70%

    25 Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.

    26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.

    27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

    28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.

    29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

  • 1 Kgs 16:32
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    32 He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 6:24
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    24 It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 16:15-18
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    15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

    16 The people who were encamped heard say, Zimri has conspired, and has also struck the king: therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

    17 Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

    18 It happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the castle of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,

  • Mic 1:6
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    6 Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.

  • Gen 33:19-20
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    19 He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.

    20 He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.

  • Deut 3:9
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    9 ([which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir;)

  • 1 Kgs 12:25
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    25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.

  • 2 Chr 27:3-4
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    3 He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

    4 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
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    15 This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Yahweh, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Chr 21:24-25
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    24 King David said to Ornan, "No; but I will most certainly buy it for the full price. For I will not take that which is yours for Yahweh, nor offer a burnt offering without cost."

    25 So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.

  • 2 Kgs 17:24
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    24 The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it.

  • 2 Chr 25:6
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    6 He hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.

  • Jer 32:9
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    9 I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

  • 2 Kgs 15:14
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    14 Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him, and reigned in his place.

  • 2 Sam 24:24
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    24 The king said to Araunah, "No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

  • 1 Kgs 11:27
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    27 This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.

  • 2 Kgs 21:4
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    4 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, "I will put my name in Jerusalem."

  • 2 Kgs 18:9-10
    2 verses
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    9 It happened in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

    10 At the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

  • Josh 19:50
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    50 According to the commandment of Yahweh, they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived there.

  • 1 Kgs 16:21
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    21 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
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    25 He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

  • Acts 7:16
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    16 and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.

  • 2 Chr 33:4
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    4 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."

  • 1 Kgs 10:27
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    27 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

  • 2 Chr 9:27
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    27 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
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  • 1 Kgs 13:32
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    32 For the saying which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely happen."

  • 2 Chr 8:2
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    2 that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
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    15 The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

  • 1 Kgs 22:37
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    37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
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    6 He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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    15 Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house.

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    6 He went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod, and among the Philistines.