1 Kings 16:29 meaning and explanation
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.
1 Kings 16:29, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse introduces Ahab, the son of Omri, as king over the northern kingdom of Israel, dated by the thirty-eighth year of Asa's reign in Judah. The narrator has just described Omri's worse-than-all predecessors, and Ahab will surpass even him.
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