1 Kings 16:16

“And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.”

"And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp." - 1 Kings 16:16
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What does 1 Kings 16:16 mean?

1 Kings 16:16 (KJV) - "And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp." This verse comes from the Old Testament of the Bible…

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1 Kings 16:16 - "And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp."
1 Kings 4:16 - "Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:"
1 Timothy 6:15-16 – "God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords."
1 Timothy 6:15-16 – "God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords."
1 Timothy 6:15-16 – "God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords."
1 Kings 16:1 - "Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,"
1 Kings 1:16 - "And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?"
1 Kings 16:14 - "Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"
1 Timothy 6:15-16 – "God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords."
1 Kings 15:16 - "¶ And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days."
1 Timothy 6:15-16 – "God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords."
1 Kings 20:16 - "And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him."
1 Kings 16:5 - "Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"
1 Kings 16:20 - "Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"
1 Kings 3:16 - "¶ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him."
2 Kings 16:1 - "In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign."
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?"
2 Kings 16:16 - "Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded."
1 Kings 16:17 - "And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah."
1 Chronicles 16:21 - "He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,"
1 Kings 16:33 - "And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him."
1 Kings 18:16 - "So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah."
1 Kings 16:30 - "And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him."
1 Kings 16:25 - "¶ But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him."
Kings 3:16
Kings 3:16
"Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:" - 1 Kings 4:16
1 Kings 16:32 - "And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria."
1 Kings 10:16 - "¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target."