He bought the hill Shomron of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Shomron.
Now the rest of the acts of `Omri 1 which he did, and his might that he shown, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra'el?
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Yehudah began Ach'av the son of `Omri 1 to reign over Yisra'el: and Ach'av the son of `Omri 1 reigned over Yisra'el in Shomron twenty-two years.
Now Ach'av had seventy sons in Shomron. Yehu wrote letters, and sent to Shomron, to the rulers of Yizre`el, even the elders, and to those who brought up [the sons of] Ach'av, saying,
Forty-two years old was Achazyah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was `Atalyah the daughter of `Omri 1.