Shemer or Shamer or Shamed = "preserved"<OL TYPE="1"><LI>the owner of the hill where the city of Samaria was built<LI>a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and father of Bani<LI>an Asherite, son of Heber and father of Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. Also 'Shomer'<LI>a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and builder of the towns of Ono and Lod</OL>