Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Kings 16:28
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab, his son, reigned in his stead.
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab, his son, reigned in his stead.
4. KINGS OF ISRAEL Chapter S 15:25-16 _ 1. Nadab, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:25)_ 2. Baasha, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:1) 3. Elah, King of Israel ...
1 KINGS 15:33 TO 1 KINGS 16:34. BAASHA'S DYNASTY. RISE OF THE HOUSE OF OMRI. Nothing is told us of Baasha except the usual annalistic details, and, that a prophet named Jehu foretold the destruction o...
At the close of this verse the LXX. inserts words almost identical with chap. 1 Kings 22:41-50, about the accession and the acts of Jehoshaphat. The only variation worth noting is that it is said that...
D. THE OMRI DYNASTY 16:21-34 The Omri dynasty ruled Israel for forty-four years. The closing verses of chapter 16 contain brief notices concerning (1) Omri's rise to power (1 Kings 16:21-22); (2) the...
_FOR HE WALKED IN ALL THE WAY OF JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT, AND IN HIS SIN WHEREWITH HE MADE ISRAEL TO SIN, TO PROVOKE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL TO ANGER WITH THEIR VANITIES._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE...
THE REIGNS OF ELAH, ZIMRI, AND OMRI 1. Jehu the son of Hanani] Hanani is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 16:7. Jehu's denunciation of Baasha is similar to Ahijah's denunciation of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:7)....
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 16 V1 Then the *Lord spoke to Jehu the son of Hanani. He gave him this message for Baasha. V2 ‘You were not an important person, but I ma...
וַ יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב עָמְרִי֙ עִם ־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַ יִּ
THE KINGS OF ISRAEL FROM ZIMRI TO AHAB 1 Kings 16:11 As far as we can understand from our meager authorities-and we have no independent source of information-we infer that Elah, son of the powerful B...
PERSISTENCE IN SINFUL WAYS 1 Kings 16:15 These Chapter s afford a dreary record of apostasy and revolution, of idolatry and national disaster. Perhaps the great mass of the people-the peasantry-were...
Here we have the account of how Jehu was called on to exercise judgment against Baasha. This being accomplished, Elah succeeded Baasha on the throne of Israel. He was so corrupt as to be found "drinki...
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in (l) Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. (l) He was the first king that was buried in Samaria, after that the kings house was burnt in Tir...
(23) 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. (24) And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of s...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14, 15, AND 16. In spite of this testimony, Jeroboam perseveres in his sin. The only one of his sons in whom any piety is seen dies; and the judgment of God...
SO OMRI SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS,.... Died a natural death: AND WAS BURIED IN SAMARIA; the city he had built, and now the royal seat and metropolis of the kingdom: AND AHAB HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEA...
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 28. _And was buried in Samaria._] Herein he sped better than his betters. It is well observed by...
_So Omri slept with his fathers_ He died in his bed, as Jeroboam and Baasha had done; but like them, left it to his posterity to fill up the measure, and then pay off the scores of his iniquity....
1.7 Iehus prophesie against Baasha. 5 Elah succeedeth him. 8 Zimri conspiring against Elah, succeedeth him. 11 Zimri executeth Iehus prophesie. 15 Omri made King by the souldiers, forceth Zimri de...
The Lord had another servant to bring a solemn message to Baasha. Jehu, the son of Hanani, was the messenger at this time (v.1). Though the history records that Baasha had murdered his master to take...
15-28 When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another. Proud aspiring men ruin one another. Omri struggled with Tibni some years. Though we do not always understand the rules by which G...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Kings 16:28 Omri H6018 rested H7901 (H8799) fathers H1 buried H6912 (H8735) Samaria H8111 Ahab H256 son...
THE REIGN OF OMRI KING OF ISRAEL C. 884-872 BC. (1 KINGS 16:21). We now come to the reign of one of Israel's greatest kings humanly speaking, even though from the divine viewpoint he was a disaster. Y...
CONTENTS: Evil reigns of Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab kings of Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Baasha, Jehu, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Jezebel, Tibni, Hiel, Segub. CONCLUSION: Destruction, when it comes,...
1 Kings 16:2. _I exalted thee._ Baasha was raised from the ranks to regal dignity. 1 Kings 16:7. _Jehu son of Hanani_ the prophet; the only case I think in which a Father and a son were so favoured....
_Omri slept with his fathers _. .. _ Ahab his son reigned in his stead._ OMRI AND AHAB A careful study of the two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, compels one to feel that communities do the best when the...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 16:15. DID ZIMRI REIGN SEVEN DAYS—A brief possession of a throne won by such criminal deeds! The Israelites repudiated the villainous usurper. 1 Kings 16:18....
EXPOSITION This division of chapters, immediately after the commencement of the narrative of the reign of Baasha, is somewhat unfortunate, inasmuch as it obscures the close connexion between the sin...
So the word of the LORD came to Jehu the prophet unto Baasha, saying, Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, made thee prince over my people Israel; and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, a...
1 Kings 16:6...