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Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts :
half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath ,
to make him king ;
and half followed Omri .
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But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath :
so Tibni died ,
and Omri reigned .
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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 .
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And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver ,
and built on the hill ,
and called the name of the city which he built ,
after the name of Shemer ,
owner of the hill ,
Samaria .
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But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD ,
and did worse than all that were before him .
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For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin ,
to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities .
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Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did ,
and his might that he shewed ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ?
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So Omri slept with his fathers ,
and was buried in Samaria :
and Ahab his son reigned in his stead .