1 Kings 16:28

1 Kings 16:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
• New International Version (NIV)Omri rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. And Ahab his son succeeded him as king.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then Ahab his son reigned in his place.

Context of 1 Kings 16:28

26He lived exactly like Jeroboam (Nebat’s son). He sinned and led Israel to sin with worthless idols, and the Israelites made the Lord God of Israel furious. 27Isn’t everything else about Omri—what he did and his heroic acts—written in the official records of the kings of Israel? Omri lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab succeeded him as king. 29Ahab, son of Omri, began to rule Israel in Asa’s thirty-eighth year as king of Judah. He ruled for 22 years in Samaria. 30Ahab, son of Omri, did what the Lord considered evil. He was worse than all ⌞the kings⌟ who were before him.

1 Kings 16:28 word by word

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב עָמְרִי֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אַחְאָ֥ב בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Omriעׇמְרִי‛omrîy · OmriH6018
• sleptשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• with his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and was buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• and Ahabאַחְאָב'ach'âb 'echâb · AhabH256
• his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• reignedמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

Cross-references for 1 Kings 16:28

• 1 Kings 16:6Baasha lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah succeeded him as king.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 16:28

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-28Verses 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 God governs nations and individuals in his providence, we may learn useful lessons from the history before us. When tyrants succeed each other, and massacres, conspiracies, and civil wars, we may be sure the Lord has a controversy with the people for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-28the might he exercised: Although the Old Testament mentions Omri briefly, people in nearby lands knew him well. The Moabite Stone (Mesha Stela) says Omri conquered land north of the Arnon River in Moab. Assyrian kings showed his importance by calling Israel the "House of Omri." If Omri arranged his son Ahab's marriage to Jezebel (daughter of Ethbaal, king of Tyre and Sidon, 1 Kings 16:31), as was common in the ancient Near East, he likely gained more…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 16:28

• Omri
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Omri
• Samaria
• Baasha
• Israel, History of
• Samaria, City of
• Burial, Sepulchres

Commentaries on 1 Kings 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings