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1 Kings 16:28

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What does 1 Kings 16:28 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 16:28 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Kings 16

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
25And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.
26For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
27Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
28So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
29And 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.
30And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah above all that were before him.
31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So Omri slept with his fathers, etc.] Died a natural death: and was buried in Samaria; the city he had built, and now the royal seat and metropolis of the kingdom: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead; of whom much is said in the following history.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“So Omri slept: Kg1 16:6 3 Kings (1 Kings) 16:29”
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