1 Kings 16:24-26

Revised Geneva Translation

²⁴ And he bought the mountain, Samaria, from one Shemer for two talents of silver. And he built on the mountain and called the name of the city which he built after the name of Shemer, lord of the mountain: Samaria.

²⁵ But Omri did evil in the Eyes of the LORD and did worse than all who were before him.

²⁶ For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel sin in provoking the LORD God of Israel with their vanities.