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Verse 23. _IN THE THIRTY AND FIRST YEAR OF ASA_] There must be a
mistake here in the number _thirty-one_; for, in ver. 10 and 15, 1
Kings 16:10; 1 Kings 16:15 it is said that Zimri slew his master, a...
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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 ...
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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...
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THIRTY AND FIRST YEAR. He reigned twelve years (833-821), and yet in 1
Kings 16:29 Ahab began in the thirty-eighth year of Asa. Omri began to
reign _de jure_ when he slew Zimri, in the twentyseventh y...
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_over Israel, twelve years_ The R.V. inserts in italics - _and
reigned_," after -Israel" to make the sense clear. See on 1 Kings
15:33.
_six years reigned he_ The four years of the struggle for the th...
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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...
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_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._
In the thirty and first year of Asa ... began Omri to reign х_
`AAMª...
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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)....
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IN THE THIRTY AND FIRST YEAR OF ASA] probably an error: 1 Kings 16:27
gives 'in the twentyseventh year of Asa.'...
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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...
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BEGAN OMRI TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL. — The accession of Omri after this
long civil war opened a new epoch of more settled government and
prosperity for about forty-eight years. Omri had (as appears from 1...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_In the one and thirtieth year, &c. Amri began to reign in the seven
and twentieth year of Asa; but had not the quiet possession of the
kingdom, till the death of his competitor Thebni, which was in t...
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(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...
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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...
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IN THE THIRTY FIRST YEAR OF ASA KING OF JUDAH BEGAN OMRI TO REIGN OVER
ISRAEL TWELVE YEARS,.... Which are to be reckoned not from the thirty
first of Asa; for Ahab the son of Omri began to reign in hi...
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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.
Ver. 23. _Began Omri to reign._] Without a competitor.
_ Twelve years...
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_Began Omri to reign twelve years_ That is, _and he reigned twelve
years:_ not from this thirty-first year of Asa, for he died in his
thirty- eighth year, (1 Kings 16:29,) but from the beginning of hi...
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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...
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THE RULE OF OMRI AND OF AHAB...
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In the thirty and first year of Asa, king of Judah, began Omri to
reign over Israel, the intervening years having been spent in civil
war, TWELVE YEARS, during eight of which he was the sole ruler. SI...
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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...
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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...
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BEGAN OMRI TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL TWELVE YEARS, i.e. and he reigned
twelve years, not from this thirty-first year of Asa, for he died in
his thirty-eighth year, 1 KINGS 16:29; but from the beginning of...
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1 Kings 16:23 thirty-first H7970 H259 H8141 year H8141 Asa H609 king
H4428 Judah H3063 Omri H6018 king...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 16:21 Omri emerges from the civil war as
king.
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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....
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 16:29; 1 Kings 16:8; 2 Chronicles 22:2...
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Twelve years — That is, and he reigned twelve years, not from this
thirty — first year of Asa, for he died in his thirty — eighth
year, 1 Kings 16:29, but from the beginning of his reign, which was in...