Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Kings 16:21
Were divided — Fell into a civil war: yet neither this, nor any other of God's dreadful judgments could win them to repentance.
Were divided — Fell into a civil war: yet neither this, nor any other of God's dreadful judgments could win them to repentance.
Verse 1 Kings 16:21. _DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS_] Why this division took place we cannot tell; the people appear to have been for Tibni, the _army_ for Omri; and the latter prevailed....
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...
Two parties in Israel. Omri's followers prevail. Reign of Omri, and the building of Samaria (Not in Chronicles) 21. _divided into two parts_ Probably it was the civil population, which at first follo...
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...
_THEN WERE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: HALF OF THE PEOPLE FOLLOWED TIBNI THE SON OF GINATH, TO MAKE HIM KING; AND HALF FOLLOWED OMRI._ Then were the people ... divided into two parts...
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...
TIBNI. — Of him we know nothing. No doubt he also was a military chief — possibly Zimri’s colleague, under the supreme command of Omri — and the LXX. speaks of a brother, Joram, who fought and fell wi...
אָ֧ז יֵחָלֵ֛ק הָ עָ֥ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לַ †...
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...
Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: (i) half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. (i) That is, the people who were not at the s...
_Parts. Those who had chosen Amri, were mortified at the election made by the army, and therefore set up another king. (Calmet) --- The contest seems to have lasted four years. (Houbigant)_...
(15) В¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. (16) And the people...
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...
THEN WERE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS,.... About the succession in the kingdom: HALF THE PEOPLE FOLLOWED TIBNI THE SON OF GINATH, TO MAKE HIM KING: these were the friends of Zimri, or...
Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. Ver. 21. _Half of the people followed Tibni, &c._...
_Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts_ Which contended, and went to war with each other about the person that should reign over them. For when it is said, (1 Kings 16:16,) _all Israel...
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 RULE OF ZIMRI IN ISRAEL...
Then were the people of Israel, the entire northern nation, DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, the faction represented by the army and the party of the people: HALF OF THE PEOPLE, the nonmilitary party, FOLLOWED...
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...
THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL fell into a civil war; yet neither this nor any other of God's dreadful judgments could win them to repentance; which is an evidence of their prodigious impiety and incorrigiblene...
1 Kings 16:21 people H5971 Israel H3478 divided H2505 (H8735) parts H2677 half H2677 people H5971 followed H1961
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....
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 16:21 Omri emerges from the civil war as king. ⇐ ⇔...
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 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 1:13; 1 Kings 15:25; 1 Kings 15:28;...