1 Kings person
Shemer
person
People
also: Shemer
Shemer owned Mount Samaria, which Omri bought and where he built a city named after Shemer.
Shemer in the Bible is the owner of Mount Samaria, from whom Omri bought the mountain for two talents of silver. Omri then built a city on the mountain and named that city after Shemer 1 Kings 16:24.
Shemer is named in at least one verse, all within 1 Kings. The text identifies him through the sale of Mount Samaria and through the city’s name 1 Kings 16:24.
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1 Kings 16:24
First named
Across Scripture
1 Kings