Shemer

Original owner of Samaria

A written article for Shemer is still to come. Below and alongside: where Shemer appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1000 BC
    900 BC
  • Shemer
    c. 950 BC

Original word

  • שֶׁמֶר shamer, shemer, shamed
    H8106
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Where Shemer appears in Scripture

1 Kings 16

וַיִּקֶן אֶת-הָהָר שֹֽׁמְרוֹן מֵאֶת שֶׁמֶר בְּכִכְּרַיִם כָּסֶף וַיִּבֶן אֶת-הָהָר וַיִּקְרָא אֶת-שֵׁם הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה עַל שֶׁם-שֶׁמֶר אֲדֹנֵי הָהָר שֹֽׁמְרֽוֹן׃
24
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

1 Chronicles 6

בֶּן-אַמְצִי בֶן-בָּנִי בֶּן-שָֽׁמֶר׃
46
The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

1 Chronicles 7

וּבְנֵי שָׁמֶר אֲחִי ‫(ורוהגה)‬ וְרָהְגָּה ‫(יחבה)‬ וְרָהְגָּה וַֽאֲרָֽם׃
34
And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

1 Chronicles 8

וּבְנֵי אֶלְפַּעַל עֵבֶר וּמִשְׁעָם וָשָׁמֶד הוּא בָּנָה אֶת-אוֹנוֹ וְאֶת-לֹד וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃
12
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: