Thematic Bible: Royal residence moved from

The thirty first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel twelve years and he ruled six years in Tirzah. And he bought the hill of Samaria of one Shemer for two hundred talents of silver, and built in the hill, and called the name of the city which he had built Samaria after the name of Shemer, the lord of the hill.