1-Kings - 16:28



28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.

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So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
And d Amri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria, and Achab his son reigned in his stead.
And Omri lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigneth in his stead.
So Omri went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.

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So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in (l) Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
(l) He was the first king that was buried in Samaria, after that the kings house was burnt in Tirzah.

So Omri slept with his fathers,.... 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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