16 and the troops who were encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired, and he has killed the king.” Therefore all Israel made ^kOmri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents¹ of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.