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1 Kings 16:23

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In 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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, and reigned twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

KJV

In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

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This verse in 1 Kings 16

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

In the thirty and first year of Asa - There must be a mistake here in the number thirty-one; for, in 1Ki 16:10 and 1Ki 16:15, it is said that Zimri slew his master, and began to reign in the twenty-seventh year of Asa; and as Zimri reigned only seven days, and Omri immediately succeeded him, this could not be in the thirty-first, but in the twenty-seventh year of Asa, as related above. Rab. Sol.

This site's exposition

began Omri to reign over Israel

on 1 Kings 16:23-24

Omri buys the hill of Samaria from a man named Shemer for two talents of silver and builds there the city that stands as Israel's capital for the rest of its history, the city Assyria will finally take in 2 Ki 17. Assyrian royal inscriptions call the northern kingdom bit-Khumri, the house of Omri, on tablets naming later kings who were not his blood, evidence the field reads as a mark of how deep his dynasty's name reached even after his own line was cut off. The city keeps the former owner's name, though Eastern custom more often named a city for its builder instead.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In the thirty and first year of Asa . . . began Omri to reign--The twelve years of his reign are computed from the beginning of his reign, which was in the twenty-seventh year of Asa's reign.

The words behind it

18 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.

  • בִּשְׁנַת֩in year

    bishnatH8141 →877 times

  • שְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםthirty

    sheloshimH7970 →172 times

  • וְאַחַ֜תand one

    veachatH259 →971 times

  • שָׁנָ֗הyear

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • לְאָסָא֙of Asa

    leasa'H609 →57 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • מָלַ֤ךְhe became king

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • עָמְרִי֙Omri

    ʾameriH6018 →18 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • שְׁתֵּ֥יםtwo [plus]

    sheteimH8147 →768 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵ֖הten

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

  • שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • בְּתִרְצָ֖הin Tirzah

    betirtzahH8656 →18 times

  • מָלַ֥ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • שֵׁשׁ־six

    shesh-H8337 →216 times

  • שָׁנִֽים׃years

    shanimH8141 →877 times

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

Related verses

6 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.

1 Kings 14:17Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.4 works1 Kings 15:21When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.2 works1 Kings 16:29In 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.2 works1 Kings 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.2 works2 Chronicles 22:2Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.2 worksJoshua 12:24and the king of Tirzah, one. So there were thirty-one kings in all.2 works

The walk

8 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 15:21

    When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 14:17

      Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

    • 1 Kings 16:15–18

      In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

    • 2 Chronicles 16:5

      When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.

    • 1 Kings 15:17

      Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

    • Song of Solomon 6:4

      You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 22:2

    Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 8:26

      Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

    • 1 Kings 16:28

      And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

    • 2 Chronicles 21:6

      And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the…

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 16 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.

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