1 Kings 16
1 Jehu's prophecy against Baasha.
5 Elah succeeds him.
8 Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him.
11 Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy.
15 Omri, made king by the soldiers, forces Zimri desperately to burn himself.
21 The kingdom being divided, Omri prevails against Tibni.
23 Omri builds Samaria.
25 His wicked reign.
27 Ahab succeeds him.
29 Ahab's most wicked reign.
34 Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho.
Jehu <03058> [A.M. 3073. B.C. 931. Jehu.]
Hanani <02607> [Hanani.]
raised ...... dust <07311 06083> [I exalted thee.]
[thou has walked.]
[has made my people.]
family ... make ... family .... family <01004 05414> [will make thy house.]
Dogs ... eat ................... eat <03611 0398> [shall the dogs eat.]
rest <03499> [A.M. 3051-3074. B.C. 953-930. the rest.]
Baasha <01201> [A.M. 3074. B.C. 930. Baasha.]
Tirzah <08656> [Tirzah.]
Elah <0425> [Elah.]
predicting <03027> [the hand.]
family ............................ dynasty <01004> [and against his house.]
angered <03707> [in provoking.]
actions <04639> [with the work.]
<05221> [because he killed him.]
This the Vulgate understands of Jehu the prophet; some think Baasha is intended; others Nadab the son of Jeroboam; and others Jeroboam, whom Baasha destroyed in his posterity by cruelly murdering them all.
twenty-sixth <06242> [A.M. 3075. B.C. 929. In the twenty.]
Baasha began to reign in the third year of Asa, and reigned 24 years; yet he died and was succeeded by Elah in the 26th year of Asa; and, in like manner, Elah, who began to reign in the 26th year of Asa, and was killed in the 27th, is said to have reigned two years. Thus it is evident that a part of a year is calculated as a whole year. In the Chinese annals, the whole year in which a king dies is ascribed to his reign, the years of the succeeding king being reckoned only from the beginning of the following year.
servant <05650> [his servant.]
conspired <07194> [conspired.]
drinking <08354> [drinking.]
house ....... palace <01004> [steward of. Heb. which was over.]
Zimri <02174> [Zimri.]
king <04427> [reigned.]
killed <05221> [he slew.]
male <07604 08366> [he left him.]
relatives .... friends <01350 07453> [neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. or, both his kinsmen and his friends.]
just <01697> [according.]
through Jehu ... prophet <03027 03058 05030> [by Jehu the prophet. Heb. by the hand of Jehu the prophet.]
Lord <03068> [in provoking.]
worthless idols <01892> [vanities.]
recorded <03789> [they not written.]
twenty-seventh ................ seven <07651> [seven.]
army ... deployed <05971 02583> [And the people were encamped.]
Omri <06018> [Omri.]
besieged Tirzah <08656 06696> [besieged Tirzah.]
royal palace ... set ... palace <01004 08313 04428> [and burnt the king's house.]
did <06213> [in doing.]
sins ....................... sinning <02403> [in his.]
rest <03499> [the rest.]
divided <02505> [divided.]
thirty-first <07970> [A.M. 3079-3086. B.C. 925-918. the thirty.]
As it is stated in verses 10 and 15, that Zimri began to reign in the 27th year of Asa; and as he reigned only seven days, and Omri immediately succeeded him, this could not be the 31st, but in the 27th year of Asa. Jarchi, from Sedar Olam, reconciles this, by stating that Tibni and Omri began to reign jointly in the 27th year of Asa; and that Tibni dying about five years afterwards, Omri began to reign alone in the 31st year of Asa.
year ............... twelve years <08147 08141> [twelve years.]
named ... city <08034 05892> [the name of the city.]
Samaria .............................. Samaria <08111> [Samaria. Heb. Shomeron.]
Samaria was situated on a agreeable and fertile hill in the tribe of Ephraim, twelve miles from Dothaim and four from Atharoth, according to Eusebius, and one day's journey from Jerusalem, according to Josephus.
<07489> [did worse.]
<03212> [he walked.]
worthless <01892> [their vanities.]
rest <03499> [the rest.]
Omri passed away <06018 07901> [So Omri slept.]
Samaria <08111> [A.M. 3086-3107. B.C. 918-897. Samaria. See on ver.]
before <06440> [above.]
if <07043> [as if it had been a light thing. Heb. was it a light thing.]
married <0802 03947> [took to wife.]
Jezebel <0348> [Jezebel.]
Sidonians <06722> [the Zidonians.]
<03212> [and went.]
worshiped ..... Baal <01168 05647> [served Baal.]
Baal .... temple ... Baal <01168 01004> [the house of Baal.]
made ... Asherah pole ... did <06213 0842> [made a grove.]
made ...... did more <06213 03254> [did more to provoke.]
