1 Kings 16:21-28

Evangelical Heritage Version

Omri King of Israel

²¹ Then the people of Israel were divided. Half of the people supported making Tibni son of Ginath king. Half supported Omri. ²² But the people who were for Omri were stronger than the people who were for Tibni son of Ginath, so Tibni died, and Omri became king.

²³ In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel for twelve years. He ruled for six years in Tirzah. ²⁴ Then he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents^[a] of silver. He built up the hill, and he named the city he built after Shemer, the owner of the hill of Samaria.^[b]

²⁵ Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He committed more evil than all those who had gone before him. ²⁶ He walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in the sin which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger with his useless idols. ²⁷ As for the rest of Omri’s acts, the things he did, and the mighty deeds he accomplished, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Israel? ²⁸ Omri rested with his fathers, and he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Ahab became king in his place.