²⁴ And he purchased the hill ^[a]Samaria from Shemer for ^[b]two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built ^[c](A)Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

²⁵ Now ^(B)Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and ^(C)acted more wickedly than all who were before him. ²⁶ For he ^(D)walked ^[d]entirely in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins into which he misled Israel, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their ^[e]idols. ²⁷ Now as for the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he ^[f]displayed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? ²⁸ And Omri ^[g]lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and his son Ahab became king in his place.

²⁹ Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years.