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1 Kings 16:24 Explained in Context
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Verse 24. 24And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
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Role in This Section
At 1 Kings 16:24, the narrator records Omri purchasing Samaria's hill from Shemer and naming the new capital after him.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 16:23–16:28
Read 1 Kings 16:24 with 1 Kings 16:23–16:28, titled “Omri builds Samaria and receives a severe evaluation.” Records Omri purchasing Samaria's hill from Shemer and naming the new capital after him.
Why It Needs Context
1 Kings 16:24 records Omri purchasing Samaria's hill from Shemer and naming the new capital after him; its significance depends on the whole movement of 1 Kings 16:23–16:28 and should not be taught as an independent conclusion.
Read 1 Kings 16:23–28 together
Why these verses belong together: Omri builds Samaria and receives a severe evaluation is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 16:23–16:28.
Verse 23. 23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
Verse 24. 24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
Verse 25. 25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
Verse 26. 26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
Verse 27. 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Verse 28. 28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 1 Kings 16:23–16:28, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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