1 Kings 16:27
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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His might - Perhaps in the war between Israel and Syria of Damascus (1Ki 20:1, etc.), during the reign of Omri. Its issue was very disadvantageous to him 1Ki 20:34; 1Ki 22:2.
Solomon observes (Pro 28:2) that for the transgression of a land many were the princes thereof (so it was here in Israel), but by a man of understanding the state thereof shall be prolonged - so it…
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