1Ki 16:21-26 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Kgs 16:21-22: 16:21-22 Tibni is mentioned only here, and Ginath is unknown. According to the Greek Old Testament, Tibni received help in his failed bid for power from his brother Joram, and both were killed in the confrontation with Omri .

a16:21-22►

f16:25-26►

g15:33-34►

‏ 1 Kings 16:21-26

Summary for 1Kgs 16:21-22: 16:21-22 ^a Tibni is mentioned only here, and Ginath is unknown. According to the Greek Old Testament, Tibni received help in his failed bid for power from his brother Joram, and both were killed in the confrontation with Omri.
16:23 ^b Omri ... reigned twelve years in all: Omri’s son Ahab succeeded him in the seventh year of his reign (cp. 16:29 ^c), so Omri’s twelve-year rule likely includes about four years of co-regency with Ahab.
16:24 ^d Omri founded the city of Samaria and relocated the capital there from Tirzah. Samaria was the capital of Israel until its fall in 722 BC. This site provided Israel with a centrally located and militarily defensible hill in the northern kingdom, and allowed oversight of the trade routes below. Omri enjoyed his new capital for only six years before his death (16:28 ^e).
Summary for 1Kgs 16:25-26: 16:25-26 ^f evil: As in the transition from the first to the second dynasties (15:33-34 ^g), the new dynastic change did not improve Israel’s spiritual climate.