23 Ngomnyaka wesi-31 wokubusa kuka-Asa inkosi yakoJuda, u-Omri waba yinkosi yako-Israyeli futhi wabusa okweminyaka engu-12. EThiriza wabusa okweminyaka eyisithupha. 24 Wathenga intaba yeSamariya kuShemeri ngamathalenta* esiliva amabili wasesakha idolobho phezu kwayo. Idolobho alakhayo walibiza ngokuthi yiSamariya,*+ ethathela ebizweni likaShemeri umnikazi wentaba.