1 Kings 16 Footnotes
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16:8 The “twenty-sixth year” of Asa’s reign was 886 BC. Elah reigned two years until 885 BC.
16:10 Asa’s twenty-seventh year was 885 BC.
16:15 The twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign was 885 BC.
16:21 Tibni reigned six years, 885–880 BC, overlapping with Omri’s reign by two years.
16:23 Asa’s “thirty-first year” was 880 BC.
16:24 The term for “150 pounds” is literally “two talents.” Originally representing the weight a man could carry, a talent was a weight of about 62-66 pounds (28-30 kg) and was divided into three-thousand shekels.
16:29 Asa’s “thirty-eighth year” was 874 BC. Ahab reigned twenty-two years, until 853 BC.