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.

Amos 6:1

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

1 dWoe to those who are at ease in Zion,
and to those who feel secure on ethe mountain of Samaria,
fthe notable men of gthe first of the nations,
to whom the house of Israel comes!
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