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1 Kings 16:27

in 1 Kings 16

As for the rest of the acts of Omri, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

KJV

Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

This verse in 1 Kings 16

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
His might - Perhaps in the war between Israel and Syria of Damascus (1Ki 20:1, etc.), during the reign of Omri. Its issue was very disadvantageous to him 1Ki 20:34; 1Ki 22:2.

This site's exposition

acted more wickedly than all who were before him

on 1 Kings 16:25-27

Omri “acted more wickedly than all who were before him”, and the chapter raises that measure twice more for Ahab, at verses 30 and 33. Micah 6:16 later rebukes Israel for keeping “the statutes of Omri”. The chronicle formula closes his reign as it closed every king before him.

This site's exposition

the might he exercised

Albert Barnes connects the might of Omri with a war against Syria of Damascus. At 20:34, Ben-hadad speaks of cities his father took from the father of Ahab and of Syrian markets in Samaria. Barnes reads the outcome as a loss for Omri.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the L ORD above all that were before him. 31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

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Now the rest of the acts of Omri, which he did, and his might which he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? Where those of the preceding kings were written, see 1Ki 14:19.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

But Omri wrought evil--The character of Omri's reign and his death are described in the stereotyped form used towards all the successors of Jeroboam in respect both to policy as well as time.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְיֶ֨תֶרand [the] rest of

    veyeterH3499 →102 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֤י[the] matters of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • עָמְרִי֙Omri

    ʾameriH6018 →18 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֔הhe did

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • וּגְבוּרָת֖וֹand might his

    ugevuratoH1369 →61 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֑הhe did

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • הֲלֹֽא־¿ not

    halo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הֵ֣ם[are] they

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • כְּתוּבִ֗יםwritten

    ketuvimH3789 →224 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • סֵ֛פֶר[the] scroll of

    seferH5612 →186 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] matters of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • הַיָּמִ֖יםthe days

    haiyamimH3117 →2304 times

  • לְמַלְכֵ֥יof [the] kings of

    lemalkheiH4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

7 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 16:5

    As for the rest of the acts of Baasha, along with his accomplishments and might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 14:19

      As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 15:31

      As for the rest of the acts of Nadab, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Chronicles 16:1–6

      In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

  • Through

    1 Kings 16:20

    As for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 16:5

      As for the rest of the acts of Baasha, along with his accomplishments and might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 16:14

      As for the rest of the acts of Elah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 22:39

      As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles…

  • Through

    1 Kings 15:31

    As for the rest of the acts of Nadab, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 16:20

      As for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.