1 Kings 16 · Verse 23

1 Kings 16:23

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.

1 Kings 16:23, King James Version

1 Kings 16:23 in other translations

BSB	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.
WEB	In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah.
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.
YLT	In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Omri over Israel twelve years; in Tirzah he hath reigned six years,
DARBY	In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, — twelve years; he reigned six years in Tirzah.
BBE	In the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and he was king for twelve years; for six years he was ruling in Tirzah.
Webster	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.

What does 1 Kings 16:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

23. 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. He held a contested reign for four years with Tibni; and then, at the date stated in this verse, entered on a sole and peaceful reign of eight years.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 23 In the thirty and first year of Asa - There must be a mistake here in the number thirty-one; for, in 1Kgs 16:10 and 1Kgs 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. Jarchi reconciles the two places thus: "The division of the kingdom between Tibni and Omri began in the twenty-seventh year of Asa; this division lasted five years, during which Omri had but a share of the kingdom. Tibni dying, Omri came into the possession of the whole kingdom, which he held seven years; this was in the thirty-first year of Asa. Seven years he reigned alone; five years he reigned over part of Israel; twelve years in the whole. The two dates, the twenty-seventh and thirty-first of Asa, answering, the first to the beginning of the division, the second to the sole reign of Omri." Jarchi quotes Sedar Olam for this solution.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 16:15-28

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…

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1 Kings 16:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּשְׁנַת֩bish.Natin yearH8141

שְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970

וְאַחַ֜תve.'a.Chatand oneH259

שָׁנָ֗הsha.NahyearH8141

לְאָסָא֙le.'a.Sa'of AsaH609

מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428

יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063

מָלַ֤ךְma.Lakhhe became kingH4427

עָמְרִי֙'a.me.RiOmriH6018

עַל\־'al-overH5921

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

שְׁתֵּ֥יםshe.Teimtwo [plus]H8147

עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehtenH6240

שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141

בְּתִרְצָ֖הbe.tir.Tzahin TirzahH8656

מָלַ֥ךְma.Lakhhe reignedH4427

שֵׁשׁ\־shesh-sixH8337

שָׁנִֽים\׃sha.NimyearsH8141

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Cross references for 1 Kings 16:23

2 Chronicles 22:2
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
1 Kings 15:21
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
1 Kings 16:8
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
1 Kings 16:29
And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 3079-3086. B.C. 925-918. the thirty.As it is stated in verses 10 and 15, that Zimri began to reign in the 27th year of Asa; and as he reigned only seven days, and Omri immediately succeeded him, this could not be the 31st, but in the 27th year of Asa. Jarchi, from Sedar Olam, reconciles this, by stating that Tibni and Omri began to reign jointly in the 27th year of Asa; and that Tibni dying about five years afterwards, Omri began to reign alone in the 31st year of Asa.
2Ch 22:2
twelve years.
8,29

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Context

1 Kings 16:22
But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
1 Kings 16:23
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.
1 Kings 16:24
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

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1 Kings 16:23 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	En el año treinta y uno de Asa rey de Judá, comenzó á reinar Omri sobre Israel, y reinó doce años: en Thirsa reinó seis años.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	La trente et unième année d’Asa, roi de Juda, Omri commença de régner sur Israël, et il régna douze ans. Il régna six ans à Thirtsa.
German Elberfelder 1871	Im 31. Jahre Asas, des Königs von Juda, wurde Omri König über Israel, zwölf Jahre; zu Tirza regierte er sechs Jahre.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Anno trigesimo primo Asa regis Juda, regnavit Amri super Israël, duodecim annis: in Thersa regnavit sex annis.