1Ki 16:24 | NETfull | STEP | He purchased the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver. He launched a construction project there and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Kings 16:24

24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ^{▼▼ For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.} from Shemer for two talents ^{▼▼ The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 150 pounds of silver.} of silver. He launched a construction project there ^{▼▼ Heb “he built up the hill.”} and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.