1 Kings 16:32

16:32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.

1 Kings 18:2

18:2 So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab.

Now the famine was severe in Samaria. ¹ 

1 Kings 22:37

22:37 So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him. ² 

1 Kings 16:28

16:28 Omri passed away ³  and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king. ⁴ 

1 Kings 21:18

21:18 “Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it.

1 Kings 22:51

Ahaziah’s Reign over Israel

22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. ⁵  He ruled for two years over Israel.

1 Kings 16:29

Ahab Promotes Idolatry

16:29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria. ⁶ 

1 Kings 20:34

20:34 Ben Hadad ⁷  said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets ⁸  in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” ⁹  Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” ¹⁰  So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.

[18:2]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[22:37]  ¹ tn Heb “and the king died and he came to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria.”

[16:28]  ¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[16:28]  ² tc The Old Greek has eight additional verses here. Cf. 1 Kgs 22:41-44.

[22:51]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[16:29]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:34]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:34]  ² tn Heb “streets,” but this must refer to streets set up with stalls for merchants to sell their goods. See HALOT 299 s.v. חוּץ.

[20:34]  ³ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will send you away with a treaty.” The words “Ahab then said” are supplied in the translation. There is nothing in the Hebrew text to indicate that the speaker has changed from Ben Hadad to Ahab. Some suggest adding “and he said” before “I will send you away.” Others prefer to maintain Ben Hadad as the speaker and change the statement to, “Please send me away with a treaty.”