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And he purchased the hill ^(F1)Samaria from Shemer for ^(F2)two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built ^(F1)(C1)Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

Now ^(C1)Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and ^(C2)acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

For he ^(C1)walked ^(F1)entirely in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins into which he misled Israel, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their ^(F2)idols.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he ^(F1)displayed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

And Omri ^(F1)lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and his son Ahab became king in his place.

Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years.