1Kings:16:21-28
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Then the people of Israel were 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 who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath ;
so Tibni died ,
and Omri became king .
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In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah ,
Omri began to reign over Israel ,
and reigned for twelve years ;
six years he reigned in Tirzah .
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He bought the hill of Sama '
ria from Shemer for two talents of silver ;
and he fortified the hill ,
and called the name of the city which he built ,
Sama '
ria ,
after the name of Shemer ,
the owner of the hill .
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Omri did what was evil in the sight of the LORD ,
and did more evil than all who were before him .
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For he walked in all the way of Jerobo '
am the son of Nebat ,
and in the sins which he made Israel to sin ,
provoking the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
to anger by their idols .
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Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did ,
and the might that he showed ,
are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel ?
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And Omri slept with his fathers ,
and was buried in Sama '
ria ;
and Ahab his son reigned in his stead .
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