1Ki 16:24 | ESV | STEP | He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver , and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built Samaria , after the name of Shemer , the owner of the hill .

1 Kings 16:24

24 He bought the hill of ^aSamaria from Shemer for two talents ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms} of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built ^cSamaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.