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1 Kings 16:29

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In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

KJV

And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

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Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 16:29 · Written before 373.

This is that Ahab who thought that he would make little progress in the new religion [i.e., idolatry] if he worshiped only the gods introduced by Jeroboam. Therefore he established rites for Baal, the god of the Sidonians, built his temple in the royal city, …

This site's exposition

his son Ahab reigned in his place

on 1 Kings 16:28-29

Omri dies a natural death and is buried in the city he built. Ahab holds that throne “twenty-two years”, and the chapter has already spent nine verses establishing that Omri did worse than every predecessor. Ahab is about to be measured against that new floor rather than against Jeroboam alone.

This site's exposition

Ahab son of Omri became king

Albert Barnes compares the dates of 15:10 and 22:51 and counts the reign of Ahab at no more than twenty-one years. Ahab rules from Samaria, his father's new city. Ephrem the Syrian reads him as a king who judged the calves of Jeroboam too small a religion.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And in the thirty fifth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel,.... At the latter end of it, the same year his father died, see 1Ki 16:23. and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty two years; the same number of years Jeroboam did, 1Ki 14:20.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Twenty and two years - Rather, from a comparison between 1Ki 15:10 and 1Ki 22:51, not more than 21 years. Perhaps his reign did not much exceed 20 years.

The words behind it

23 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.

  • וְאַחְאָ֣בand Ahab

    veachavH256 →92 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עָמְרִ֗יOmri

    ʾameriH6018 →18 times

  • מָלַךְ֙he became king

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • בִּשְׁנַ֨תin year

    bishnatH8141 →877 times

  • שְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםthirty

    sheloshimH7970 →172 times

  • וּשְׁמֹנֶה֙and eight

    ushemonehH8083 →109 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • לְאָסָ֖אof Asa

    leasa'H609 →57 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וַ֠יִּמְלֹךְand he reigned

    vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times

  • אַחְאָ֨בAhab

    ʾachavH256 →92 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עָמְרִ֤יOmri

    ʾameriH6018 →18 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןin Samaria

    beshomeronH8111 →109 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֥יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וּשְׁתַּ֖יִםand two

    ushetayimH8147 →768 times

  • שָׁנָֽה׃year[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

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

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 41:5eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.3 works1 Kings 16:21At that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.2 works1 Kings 16:23In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.2 works2 Chronicles 25:13Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.2 works

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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.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 16:29; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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