1 Kings 16:22

But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

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KJV

But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

ASV

But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

YLT

and stronger are the people that are after Omri than the people that are after Tibni son of Ginath, and Tibni dieth, and Omri reigneth.

DBT

But the people that followed Omri overcame the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath; and Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

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But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath,.... Very probably they had a battle, in which the latter were worsted: so Tibni died; in the battle: and Omri reigned; took possession of the throne, his rival being slain.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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From a comparison of the dates given in 1Ki 16:15, 1Ki 16:23, 1Ki 16:29 it follows that the contest between the two pretenders lasted four years. Tibnis death can scarcely be supposed to have been natural. Either he must have been slain in battle against Omri, or have fallen into his hands and been put to death. There has probably been some derangement of the text here. The passage may have run thus: So Tibni died, and Omri reigned in the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

Tibni died--The Hebrew does not enable us to determine whether his death was violent or natural.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Perhaps Shemer, who sold him the ground, let him have it considerably the cheaper upon condition that the city should be called after his name, for otherwise it would have borne the name of the purchaser; it was called Samaria, or Shemeren (as it is in the Hebrew), from Shemer, the former owner,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Hosea 7:7
All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.

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PersonDivided kingdomOmriArmy commander made king of Israel who founded Samaria as the northern capital; politically formidable, spiritually judged — "wors…

About this book

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile