1 Kings 16:16

16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report: ¹  “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” ²  So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.

1 Kings 16:23

16:23 In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king over Israel. He ruled for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

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¹ tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”

² tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”