Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
23 So in the thirty-first year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he ruled for twelve years. The first six years he ruled in Tirzah,
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In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
24 and then he bought the hill of Samaria for six thousand pieces of silver from a man named Shemer. Omri fortified the hill, built a town there, and named it Samaria, after Shemer, the former owner of the hill.
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He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria, after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill.
25 Omri sinned against the Lord more than any of his predecessors.
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But Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD and sinned more than all those before him.
26 Like Jeroboam before him, he aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by his sins and by leading the people into sin and idolatry.
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He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.
27 Everything else that Omri did and all his accomplishments are recorded in [The History of the Kings of Israel.]
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As for the other events of Omri’s reign, what he did and the things he achieved, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?
28 Omri died and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab succeeded him as king.
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Omri rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. And Ahab his son succeeded him as king.
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