1 Kings 16:17

16:17 Omri and all Israel went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:25

16:25 Omri did more evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord than all who were before him.

1 Kings 16:28

16:28 Omri passed away ²  and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king. ³ 

1 Kings 16:30

16:30 Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of ⁴  the Lord than all who were before him.

1 Kings 16:29

Ahab Promotes Idolatry

16:29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria. ⁵ 

1 Kings 16:21

Omri’s Reign over Israel

16:21 At that time the people of Israel were divided in their loyalties. Half the people supported Tibni son of Ginath and wanted to make him king; the other half supported Omri.

1 Kings 16:23

16:23 In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king over Israel. He ruled for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:27

16:27 The rest of the events of Omri’s reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ⁶ 

[16:25]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[16:28]  ¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[16:28]  ² tc The Old Greek has eight additional verses here. Cf. 1 Kgs 22:41-44.

[16:30]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[16:29]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[16:27]  ¹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his strength which he demonstrated, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”