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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
thirty	שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים she.lo.Shim	H7970	thirty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
eighth	וּשְׁמֹנֶה֙ u.she.mo.Neh	H8083	a cardinal number · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
year	בִּשְׁנַ֨ת bish.Nat	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Asa	לְאָסָ֖א le.'a.Sa'	H609	Asa · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
Ahab	וְאַחְאָ֣ב ve.'ach.'Av	H256	Achab · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Omri	עָמְרִ֗י 'a.me.Ri	H6018	Omri · proper noun, a man's name
reign	מָלַךְ֙ ma.laKh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
Ahab	אַחְאָ֨ב 'ach.'Av	H256	Achab · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Omri	עָמְרִ֤י 'a.me.Ri	H6018	Omri · proper noun, a man's name
reigned	וַ֠יִּמְלֹךְ Vai.yim.lokh	H4427	to reign · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
Samaria	בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן be.Sho.me.Ron	H8111	Shomeron · preposition + proper noun, a place name
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֥ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
two	וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם u.she.Ta.yim	H8147	two · conjunction + noun, common feminine dual absolute
years	שָׁנָ֔ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 16:29–end

We have here the beginning of the reign of Ahab, of whom we have more particulars recorded than of any of the kings of Israel. We have here only a general idea given us of him, as the worst of all the kings, that we may expect what the particulars will be. He reigned twenty-two years, long enough to do a great deal of mischief. I. He exceeded all his predecessors in wickedness, did evil above all that were before him (Kg1 16:30), and, as if it were done with a particular enmity both to God and Israel, to affront him and ruin them, it is said, He did more purposely to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger, and, consequently, to send judgments on his land, than all the kings of Israel that w…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 16:29

Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him--The worship of God by symbols had hitherto been the offensive form of apostasy in Israel, but now gross idolatry is openly patronized by the court. This was done through the influence of Jezebel, Ahab's queen. She was "the daughter of Eth-baal, king of the Zidonians." He was priest of Ashtaroth or Astarte, who, having murdered Philetes, king of Tyre, ascended the throne of that kingdom, being the eighth king since Hiram. Jezebel was the wicked daughter of this regicide and idol priest--and, on her marriage with Ahab, never rested till she had got all the forms of her native Tyrian worship introduced into h…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 16:25

Did worse than all - before him - Omri was, 1. An idolater in principle; 2. An idolater in practice; 3. He led the people to idolatry by precept and example; and, which was that in which he did worse than all before him, 4. He made statutes in favor of idolatry, and obliged the people by law to commit it. See Mic 6:16, where this seems to be intended: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab.

John Gill on 1 Kings 16:29

The Church Fathers

This is that Ahab who thought that he would make little progress in the new religion [i.e., idolatry] if he worshiped only the gods introduced by Jeroboam. Therefore he established rites for Baal, the god of the Sidonians, built his temple in the royal city, erected altars and planted sacred groves. And these actions bitterly enraged the prophets and the other worshipers of the true God.
— Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 16:29

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Dictionary and topics

Ahab — Father’s brother. (1.) The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the seventh king of Israel. His history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22. His wife was Jezebel (q.v.), who exercised a very evil influence…
Baasha — Bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second dynasty (1 Kings 15; 16; 2 Chr. 16:1-6). He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar. The city of Tirzah he…
Ahab · 1. King of Israel — 1. King of Israel
Kings · Who reigned over Israel: Ahab — Who reigned over Israel: Ahab
Samaria · . — .
Samaria, Ancient · Samaria the capital of: The residence of the kings of Israel — Samaria the capital of: The residence of the kings of Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 16:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 16:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 16:29

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 16:25

John Gill on 1 Kings 16:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 16:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 16:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 16:29

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 16:25

John Gill on 1 Kings 16:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 16:29

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 16:27-28

Rashi on 1 Kings 16:23