1 Kings 16:27

27 Forsooth the residue of the words of Omri, and his battles, which he did, whether these be not written in the book of [the] words of [the] days of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:27

Now the rest of the acts of Omri, which he did, and his might
which he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel?
] Where those of the preceding kings were written, see ( 1 Kings 14:19 ) ( 15:31 ) ( 1 Kings 16:5 1 Kings 16:14 1 Kings 16:20 ) .

1 Kings 16:27 In-Context

25 Forsooth Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and wrought waywardly, or wickedly, over all men that were before him. (But Omri did evil before the Lord, and acted more wickedly than all the kings who were before him.)

26 And he went in all the way of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and in his sins, by which he made Israel to do sin, that he should stir to ire, in his vanities, the Lord God of Israel. (And he went in all the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and in his sins, by which he made Israel to do sin, so that they stirred the Lord God of Israel to anger with their worthless idols.)

27 Forsooth the residue of the words of Omri, and his battles, which he did, whether these be not written in the book of [the] words of [the] days of the kings of Israel?

28 And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab, his son, reigned for him.

29 Forsooth Ahab, the son of Omri, reigned upon Israel, in the eight and thirtieth year of Asa, king of Judah; and Ahab, the son of Omri, reigned upon Israel, in Samaria, two and twenty years. (Then Ahab, the son of Omri, began to reign upon Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa, the king of Judah; and Ahab, the son of Omri, reigned upon Israel, in Samaria, for twenty-two years.)