1 Kings 22:37

22:37 So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him. ¹ 

1 Kings 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ²  from Shemer for two talents ³  of silver. He launched a construction project there ⁴  and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Kings 21:1

Ahab Murders Naboth

21:1 After this the following episode took place. ⁵  Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. ⁶ 

1 Kings 22:38

22:38 They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria (this was where the prostitutes bathed); ⁷  dogs licked his blood, just as the Lord had said would happen. ⁸ 

1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ⁹  against the altar in Bethel ¹⁰  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ¹¹  will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 Kings 20:1

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ¹²  and besieged and attacked it. ¹³ 

1 Kings 20:10

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely ¹⁴  if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 22:10

22:10 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, ¹⁶  dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. ¹⁷  All the prophets were prophesying before them.

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

[16:24]  ² map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[16:24]  ³ 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.

[16:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

[21:1]  ³ tn Heb “after these things.” The words “the following episode took place” are added for stylistic reasons.

[21:1]  ⁴ sn King Ahab of Samaria. Samaria, as the capital of the northern kingdom, here stands for the nation of Israel.

[22:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “now the prostitutes bathed.”

[22:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[13:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

[13:32]  ⁶ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.

[20:1]  ⁶ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”

[20:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[20:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”

[22:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “were sitting, a man on his throne.”

[22:10]  ⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.