Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
The name of the city
Bible References
The name of the city
1 Kings 13:32
For the words which he cried out by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria shall certainly come to pass.”
1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
1 Kings 20:1
Ben-hadad king of Aram (Syria) gathered all his army together; thirty-two kings were [allied] with him, with horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria [Israel’s capital], and fought against it.
1 Kings 22:37
So the king died and was brought to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria.
2 Kings 17:1
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned for nine years.
John 4:4
Now He had to go through Samaria.
Acts 8:5 Philip [the evangelist] went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) to them.