1 Kgs 16:23

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A.M. 3079-3086. B.C. 925-918. the thirty.

As it is stated in verses 10 and 15, that Zimri began to reign in the 27th year of Asa; and as he reigned only seven days, and Omri immediately succeeded him, this could not be the 31st, but in the 27th year of Asa.

Jarchi, from Sedar Olam, reconciles this, by stating that Tibni and Omri began to reign jointly in the 27th year of Asa; and that Tibni dying about five years afterwards, Omri began to reign alone in the 31st year of Asa.

2Ch 22:2

twelve years.

1Kgs 16:8; 1Kgs 16:29