1 Kings 16:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then there was a division among the people of Israel; half the people were for making Tibni, son of Ginath, king, and half were supporting Omri.

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  • 1 Kgs 15:25 : 25 Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; and he was king of Israel for two years.
  • 1 Kgs 15:28 : 28 In the third year of the rule of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha put him to death, and became king in his place.
  • 1 Kgs 16:8 : 8 In the twenty-sixth year that Asa was king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, became king of Israel in Tirzah, and he was king for two years.
  • 1 Kgs 16:29 : 29 In the thirty-eighth year that Asa was king of Judah, Ahab, the son of Omri, became king over Israel; and Ahab was king in Samaria for twenty-two years.
  • Prov 28:2 : 2 Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.
  • Isa 9:18-21 : 18 For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke. 19 The land was dark with the wrath of the Lord of armies: the people were like those who take men's flesh for food. 20 On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour. 21 Manasseh was making a meal of Ephraim, and Ephraim of Manasseh; and together they were attacking Judah. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 19:2 : 2 And I will send the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they will be fighting every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; town against town, and kingdom against kingdom.
  • Matt 12:25 : 25 And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction.
  • 1 Cor 1:12-13 : 12 That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's. 13 Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul?
  • Eph 4:3-5 : 3 Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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  • 1 Kgs 16:22-23
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    22 But the supporters of Omri overcame those who were on the side of Tibni, the son of Ginath; and death came to Tibni and to his brother Joram at that time: and Omri became king in the place of Tibni.

    23 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.

  • 1 Kgs 16:14-20
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    14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

    15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa, king of Judah, Zimri was king for seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were attacking Gibbethon in the land of the Philistines.

    16 And news came to the people in the tents that Zimri had made a secret design and had put the king to death: so all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king that day in the tents.

    17 Then Omri went up from Gibbethon, with all the army of Israel, and they made an attack on Tirzah, shutting in the town on every side.

    18 And when Zimri saw that the town was taken, he went into the inner room of the king's house, and burning the house over his head, came to his end,

    19 Because of his sin in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, in going in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel do.

    20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the secret design he made, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

  • 1 Kgs 16:25-29
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    25 And Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all those before him,

    26 Copying all the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and all the sins he did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish ways.

    27 Now the rest of the acts which Omri did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

    28 So Omri went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.

    29 In the thirty-eighth year that Asa was king of Judah, Ahab, the son of Omri, became king over Israel; and Ahab was king in Samaria for twenty-two years.

  • 2 Kgs 17:21-22
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    21 For Israel was broken off from the family of David, and they made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, king, who, driving them away from the laws of the Lord, made them do a great sin.

    22 And the children of Israel went on with all the sins which Jeroboam did; they did not keep themselves from them;

  • 1 Kgs 12:15-16
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    15 So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.

    16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.

  • 1 Kgs 16:8-10
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    8 In the twenty-sixth year that Asa was king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, became king of Israel in Tirzah, and he was king for two years.

    9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his war-carriages, made secret designs against him: now he was in Tirzah, drinking hard in the house of Arza, controller of the king's house in Tirzah.

    10 And Zimri went in and made an attack on him and put him to death, in the twenty-seventh year that Asa was king of Judah, and made himself king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 12:19-20
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    19 So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

    20 Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 10:15-17
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    15 So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

    16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.

    17 But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 10:19
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    19 So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

  • 1 Kgs 14:16
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    16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins which Jeroboam has done and made Israel do.

  • 1 Kgs 14:14
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    14 And the Lord will put up a king over Israel who will send destruction on the family of Jeroboam in that day;

  • 1 Kgs 14:19
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    19 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he became king, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 15:14-15
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    14 Then Menahem, the son of Gadi, went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and attacking Shallum, son of Jabesh, in Samaria, put him to death and made himself king in his place.

    15 Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the secret design which he made, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:31
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    31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten of the parts, for this is what the Lord has said: See, I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force, and will give ten tribes to you;

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
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    6 At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.

  • 2 Kgs 15:21
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    21 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

  • 2 Sam 2:9
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    9 And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 19:40
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    40 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him: and all the people of Judah, as well as half the people of Israel, took the king on his way.

  • 2 Sam 20:2
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    2 So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 3:25
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    25 And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.

  • 1 Kgs 16:2
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    2 Because I took you up out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have gone in the ways of Jeroboam, and made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins;

  • 2 Kgs 1:18
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    18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

  • Num 31:42
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    42 And from the half given to the children of Israel, which Moses had kept separate from that given to the fighting-men,

  • 2 Kgs 15:10
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    10 And Shallum, the son of Jabesh, made a secret design against him, and, attacking him in Ibleam, put him to death and became king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 13:15
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    15 And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:51
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    51 Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years.

  • 2 Chr 11:3
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    3 Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

  • 2 Sam 19:43
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    43 And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the words of the men of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
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    1 And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.

  • 1 Kgs 18:6
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    6 So they went through all the country, covering it between them; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another by himself.

  • 2 Kgs 1:1
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    1 After the death of Ahab, Moab made itself free from the authority of Israel.