Samaria in 1 Kings 16

This place shows up in 1 Kings 16:24: “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…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.

1 Kings 16:24

“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.”

What kids can learn

When you hear samaria in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.

Read 1 Kings 16:24 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.