1 Kings 16:24
ContextNET © | He purchased the hill of Samaria 1 from Shemer for two talents 2 of silver. He launched a construction project there 3 and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria. |
NIV © | He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria, after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill. |
NASB © | He bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. |
NLT © | Then Omri bought the hill now known as Samaria from its owner, Shemer, for 150 pounds of silver. He built a city on it and called the city Samaria in honor of Shemer. |
MSG © | He then bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for 150 pounds of silver. He developed the hill and named the city that he built Samaria, after its original owner Shemer. |
BBE © | He got the hill Samaria from Shemer for the price of two talents of silver, and he made a town there, building it on the hill and naming it Samaria, after Shemer the owner of the hill. |
NRSV © | He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; he fortified the hill, and called the city that he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. |
NKJV © | And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; then he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill. |
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LXXM | saemhrwn {N-PRI} |
NET © [draft] ITL | He purchased <07069> the hill <02022> of Samaria <08111> from Shemer <08106> for two talents <03603> of silver <03701> . He launched a construction project <01129> there <02022> and named <08034> <07121> the city <05892> he built <01129> after <05921> Shemer <08106> , the former owner <0113> of the hill <02022> of Samaria .<08111> |
NET © | He purchased the hill of Samaria 1 from Shemer for two talents 2 of silver. He launched a construction project there 3 and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria. |
NET © Notes |
1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1. 2 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 150 pounds of silver. 3 tn Heb “he built up the hill.” |