Shemer or Shamer or Shamed = |preserved| 1) the owner of the hill where the city of Samaria was built 2) a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and father of Bani 3) an Asherite, son of Heber and father of Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. Also 'Shomer' 4) a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and builder of the towns of Ono and Lod