1 Kings 16:24

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1 Kings 16:24 (WEB)
He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

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John Chrysostom, Homilies on John Homily 30
“The mountain was called “Somor” from its owner ( 1 Kings xvi. 24 ): as also Esaias saith, “and the head of Ephraim is Somoron” ( Isa. vii. 9 , LXX.), but the inhabitants were termed not “Samaritans” but “Israelites.”” — the author cites it
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Judges 18:29
Judges 18:29 and 1 Kings 16:24 share the same wording (14 words).

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PassageHomilies on John Homily 30

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