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Omriעָמְרִיlay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבwithעִםhis fathersאֲבֹתָיוand was buriedוַיִּקָּבֵרin Samaria;בְּשֹׁמְרוֹןand Ahabוַ אַחְאָבhis sonבְּנוֹreignedיִּמְלֹךְin his place.תַּחְתָּיו
1 Kings 16:28
Study it in the app“Omri lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 16:28, word by word
- Omriעָמְרִיamri
Omri
Omri: a name of uncertain meaning. He is the army commander made king of Israel, who built Samaria and was the father of Ahab (1 Kings 16:16-28); other men bear the same name in Chronicles.
Where else “amri” appears- lay downיִּשְׁכַּבyishkav
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “yishkav” appears- his fathersאֲבֹתָיavotay
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avotay” appears- and was buriedיִּקָּבֵרyikaver
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikaver” appears- in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- and Ahabאַחְאָבachav
Ahab
Ahab: a name meaning "father's brother." It is the king of Israel, son of Omri, who married Jezebel and served Baal (1 Kings 16:29–22:40); a false prophet in Babylon also bears the name (Jeremiah 29:21).
Where else “achav” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- reignedיִּמְלֹךְyimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appears
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
27The rest of the deeds of Omri, what he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
28 · This verse (above)
29Ahab son of Omri began to reign over Israel in year thirty and eight of Asa king of Judah; and Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.