1 Kings 16:24

24He 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.

1 Kings 16:29

Ahab Reigns in Israel

29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
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