Commentary for Sanhedrin 204:9
א"ר יוחנן מפני מה זכה אחאב למלכות כ"ב שנה
R. Johanan said: Why did Omri merit sovereignty? Because he added a region to Palestine, as it is written, And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill Samaria,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XVI, 24. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> R. Johanan said: Why did Ahab merit royalty for twenty-two years? — Because he honoured the Torah, which was given in twenty-two letters,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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