The Meaning of 1 Kings 16:23 Explained

1 Kings 16:23

KJV: In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

YLT: In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Omri over Israel twelve years; in Tirzah he hath reigned six years,

Darby: In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, twelve years; he reigned six years in Tirzah.

ASV: In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, and reigned twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Kings 16:23?

MEANING: What does 1 Kings 16:23 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 1 Kings 16:23 mean?

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What is the context of 1 Kings 16:23?

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In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

What does 1 Kings 16:23 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 16:15-28 - Persistence In Sinful Ways

These chapters afford a dreary record of apostasy and revolution, of idolatry and national disaster. Perhaps the great mass of the people-the peasantry-were not greatly affected by these dynastic changes, though severe judgments of famine and drought were soon to make the nation realize what an evil and bitter thing it is to desert the Fountain of living waters for broken cisterns that can hold no water, Jeremiah 2:13. Four times in this chapter we meet the phrase, "provoke to anger," 1 Kings 16:7; 1 Kings 16:13; 1 Kings 16:26; 1 Kings 16:33. To idolatry was added intemperance, 1 Kings 16:9, and the fruit was suicide, anarchy, and civil war, 1 Kings 16:18; 1 Kings 16:21-22. But great as these evils were, they were to be surpassed, I Kings 1 Kings 16:30.

The one sufficient bulwark against universal anarchy is the maintenance of true religion. People talk with glib tongues against the Puritan conscience and demand the secularization of the Lord's day, but they are surely imperiling the stability and order of the commonwealth. More than is ordinarily realized are the relations between man and man affected by the relation between the nation and God. The writings of Voltaire helped to bring on the French Revolution; while the religious revivals of the eighteenth century, both in England and in America, contributed greatly to solid national progress. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 16

¹ Jehu's prophecy against Baasha
⁵ Elah succeeds him
⁸ Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him
¹¹ Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy
¹⁵ Omri, made king by the soldiers, forces Zimri desperately to burn himself
²¹ The kingdom being divided, Omri prevails against Tibni
²³ Omri builds Samaria
²⁵ His wicked reign
²⁷ Ahab succeeds him
²⁹ Ahab's most wicked reign
³⁴ Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 16:23 mean?

In the year thirty and first years of Asa king of Judah became king Omri over Israel [and reigned] two [and] ten years in Tirzah He reigned Six years

בִּשְׁנַת֩ שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וְאַחַ֜ת שָׁנָ֗ה לְאָסָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה מָלַ֤ךְ עָמְרִי֙ עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה בְּתִרְצָ֖ה מָלַ֥ךְ שֵׁשׁ־ שָׁנִֽים

בִּשְׁנַת֩	In the year
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים	thirty
Parse: Number, common plural Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים Sense: thirty, thirtieth.
וְאַחַ֜ת	and first
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct Root: אֶחָד Sense: one (number).
שָׁנָ֗ה	years
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
לְאָסָא֙	of Asa
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אָסָא Sense: king of Judah, son of Abijam, father of Jehoshaphat.
מֶ֣לֶךְ	king
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
יְהוּדָ֔ה	of Judah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְהוּדָה Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
מָלַ֤ךְ	became king
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: מָלַךְ Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
עָמְרִי֙	Omri
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: עָמְרִי Sense: king of the northern kingdom of Israel, successor to king Elah for whom he was the captain of the army; ruled for 2 years and succeeded by his infamous son Ahab.
עַל־	over
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
שְׁתֵּ֥ים	[and reigned] two
Parse: Number, fd Root: שְׁנַיִם Sense: two.
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה	[and] ten
Parse: Number, feminine singular Root: עָשָׂר Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
שָׁנָ֑ה	years
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
בְּתִרְצָ֖ה	in Tirzah
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: תִּרְצָה Sense: one of the 7 daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher of the tribe of Manasseh.
מָלַ֥ךְ	He reigned
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: מָלַךְ Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
שֵׁשׁ־	Six
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct Root: שֵׁשׁ Sense: six.
שָׁנִֽים	years
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.

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