Bible Dictionary: Samaria: City of, Built by Omri

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1 Kings 16:24
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.
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The Record of Two Kings
... 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.25. But Omri wrought evil ...
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The Kingdom of Samaria.
... Omri belonged to the city of Jezreel, in the inheritance of Issachar; but he built
Samaria in the midst of Ephraim, between the two hills of blessing and of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson viii the kingdom of.htm

How Zerah, King of the Ethiopians, was Beaten by Asa; and How Asa ...
... the city Tirzah, and the rest in the city called Semareon, but named by the Greeks
Samaria; but he ... Semer, who sold him the mountain whereon he built it ...
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Elijah and the Widow's Son
... Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built a city on the hill and
named it Samaria, after Shemer, the owner of the hill. When Omri died, Ahab ...
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National Apostasy
... an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria." Verses 31 ...
Not only did Ahab introduce Baal worship at the capital city, but under the ...
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The Nations of the South-East
... the son of Rehob, was, like Ahab of Samaria, an ally ... it said; "let the city of Sihon
be built and fortified. ... forth from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon ...
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Babylonia and Assyria
... It was a double city, built on either side of the ... His first achievement was the capture
of Samaria. ... spoil, however, was found in the half-ruined city; and the ...
/.../early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter vi babylonia and assyria.htm

Appendices
... tribute to Tiglath-pileser 738 Pekahiah 737 Pekah 736 Hoshea 733 or 729 Samaria
taken by ... 4. The city of Surippak, which, as thou knowest, is built [on the ...
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The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... Benhadad I.--- Omri and the foundation of Samaria: Ahab and the ... The walls of the
city fell of themselves at the ... took up his residence there, and built on the ...
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Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire ...
... turned into sailors at a day's notice, and the vessel built by him ... of the Lord,*
and he was master in his own city of Jerusalem or Samaria, but his ...
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Subtopics

Ancient Samaria: A Mountainous Country

Ancient Samaria: had Many Cities

Ancient Samaria: Inhabitants of, Carried Captive to Assyria

Ancient Samaria: People of Characterised as Corrupt and Wicked

Ancient Samaria: People of Characterised as Idolatrous

Ancient Samaria: People of Characterised as Proud and Arrogant

Ancient Samaria: Predictions Respecting Its Destruction

Ancient Samaria: Repeopled from Assyria

Ancient Samaria: Samaria the Capital of Besieged Again by Benhadad

Ancient Samaria: Samaria the Capital of Besieged and Taken by Shalmaneser

Ancient Samaria: Samaria the Capital of Besieged by Benhadad