1 Kings 16:24

暗利用二他连得银子向撒玛买了撒马利亚山，在山上造城，就按着山的原主撒玛的名，给所造的城起名叫撒马利亚。

àn lì yòng èr tā lián dé yín zi xiàng sā mǎ mǎi le sā mǎ lì yà shān ， zài shān shàng zào chéng ， jiù àn zhe shān de yuán zhǔ sā mǎ de míng ， gěi suǒ zào de chéng qǐ míng jiào sā mǎ lì yà 。

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.