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1 Kings 16:24
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24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents [1] 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.

Footnotes

[1] 16:24 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

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