1Ki 16:23-24 | KingComments | STEP | Omri is not immediately ruler over all of Israel. There is a part of Israel that is following Tibni, possibly a peaceful man. Omri prevails over the people who followed Tibni. Tibni probably died a natural death. When he is dead, the people who follow Tibni are without a leader and have to submit to Omri and the people who chose him. Omri becomes king. He builds the city of Samaria and settles there. With Omri a period begins that leads to an even worse low point. It says of him that he makes it worse than all who have been before him ( ). He has not only maintained idolatry, but has commanded it. He has connected statutes to it for the whole people and thereby made idolatry obligatory for the whole people ( ). It is exactly what we find in the letter to the church in Thyatira ( ), which prophetically refers to the roman-catholic church, which also imposes her statutes on the people.

‏ 1 Kings 16:23-24

Omri King Over Israel

Omri is not immediately ruler over all of Israel. There is a part of Israel that is following Tibni, possibly a peaceful man. Omri prevails over the people who followed Tibni. Tibni probably died a natural death. When he is dead, the people who follow Tibni are without a leader and have to submit to Omri and the people who chose him. Omri becomes king. He builds the city of Samaria and settles there.

With Omri a period begins that leads to an even worse low point. It says of him that he makes it worse than all who have been before him (1Kgs 16:25). He has not only maintained idolatry, but has commanded it. He has connected statutes to it for the whole people and thereby made idolatry obligatory for the whole people (Mic 6:16a). It is exactly what we find in the letter to the church in Thyatira (Rev 2:20), which prophetically refers to the roman-catholic church, which also imposes her statutes on the people.