Question

The hill of samaria was bought, and on it the capital city of israel, which was also called samaria, was built by .

Answer 1

Omri,according to the Bible, the sixth king of Israel. However, a "substantial" modern hypothesis maintains that, as founder of the House of Omri, an Israelite royal house, his kingdom formed the first state in the Land of Israel, and that Judah only achieved statehood later.