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1 Kings 16:24

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

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ASV

And 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.

KJV

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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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּ֜קֶןvai.Yi.kenand he boughtH7069 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָהָ֥רha.Harthe hillH2022 →
שֹׁמְר֛וֹןsho.me.RonSamariaH8111 →
מֵ֥אֶתMe.'etfrom withH854 →
שֶׁ֖מֶרShe.merShemerH8106 →
בְּכִכְּרַ֣יִםbe.khi.ke.Ra.yimfor two talentsH3603 →
כָּ֑סֶףKa.sefsilverH3701 →
וַיִּ֙בֶן֙vai.Yi.venand he builtH1129 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָהָ֔רha.Harthe hillH2022 →
וַיִּקְרָ֗אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שֵׁ֤םshem[the] name ofH8034 →
הָעִיר֙ha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בָּנָ֔הba.Nahhe builtH1129 →
עַ֣ל'alonH5921 →
שֶׁם־shem-[the] name ofH8034 →
שֶׁ֔מֶרShe.merShemerH8106 →
אֲדֹנֵ֖י'a.do.Nei[the] owner<s> ofH113 →
הָהָ֥רha.Harthe hillH2022 →
שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonSamariaH8111 →

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Jeremiah 41:5eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.1 Kings 13:32for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”1 Kings 16:28–29And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.2 Kings 17:1In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.1 Kings 20:1Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.2 Kings 17:24Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.1 Kings 22:37So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.1 Kings 16:32First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.Acts 8:5–8Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.John 4:4–5Now He had to pass through Samaria.1 Kings 18:2So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”2 Kings 10:1Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:1 Kings 12:25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.Amos 8:14Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”2 Kings 15:13In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.2 Chronicles 25:13Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.

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