1 Kings 16 · Verse 28

1 Kings 16:28

So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 16:28, King James Version

1 Kings 16:28 in other translations

BSBAnd Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
WEBSo Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
ASVSo Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
YLTAnd Omri lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigneth in his stead.
DARBYAnd Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
BBESo Omri went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.
WebsterSo Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

What does 1 Kings 16:28 mean?

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 16:28 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvai.yish.Kavand he lay downH7901
עָמְרִי֙'a.me.RiOmriH6018
עִם\־'im-withH5973
אֲבֹתָ֔יו'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1
וַיִּקָּבֵ֖רvai.yi.ka.Verand he was buriedH6912
בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹןbe.sho.me.Ronin SamariaH8111
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he became kingH4427
אַחְאָ֥ב'ach.'AvAhabH256
בְּנ֖וֹbe.Noson hisH1121
תַּחְתָּֽיו\׃\ \פtach.Tavin place of himH8478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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Context

  • 1 Kings 16:27

    Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

  • 1 Kings 16:28

    So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

  • 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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1 Kings 16:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Omri durmió con sus padres, y fué sepultado en Samaria; y reinó en lugar suyo Achâb, su hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Omri s’endormit avec ses pères, et il fut enterré à Samarie; et Achab, son fils, régna à sa place.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Omri legte sich zu seinen Vätern, und er wurde zu Samaria begraben. Und Ahab, sein Sohn, ward König an seiner Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dormivitque Amri cum patribus suis, et sepultus est in Samaria: regnavitque Achab filius ejus pro eo.