24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents[e] of silver and built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria, after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill.
24Watsenga intsaba yaseSamariya kuShemeri ngemakhilogremu langaba ngema-70 esiliva, wakha lidolobha kulentsaba, waletsa libito watsi yiSamariya, aletsa ngaShemeri, libito lalona bekangumnikati wayo lentsaba kucala.