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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible
All Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king - This passage of history recalls the favorite practice of the Roman armies under the Empire, which, when they heard of the assassination of an emperor at Rome, were accustomed to invest their own commander with the purple.
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Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on 1 Kings 16:16". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https:/
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king,.... Tidings came to the army of what he had done, which was displeasing to them:
wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp; that is, all Israel that were in the army proclaimed Omri, their general, king; just as the Roman army declared Vespasian, their general, emperor of Rome, and as several of the emperors were chosen.
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Gill, John. "Commentary on 1 Kings 16:16". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". https:/
John Trapp Complete Commentary
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.
Ver. 16. King over Israel that day.] For a matter of such consequence admitted not of any delays: -
“ Semper nocuit differre paratis. ”
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
16.And the people’ all Israel — Meaning all the men of Israel who were then present with Omri. Here it is equivalent to the army encamped before Gibbethon.
Made Omri’ king — The people preferred the captain of the host to the captain of the chariots.
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Whedon, Daniel. "Commentary on 1 Kings 16:16". "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". https:/
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
All Israel, that was in the army, while others took part with Zambri. (Worthington)
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(16) Made Omri . . . king.—This exaltation of Omri, as a matter of course, shows how entirely the kingdom of Israel had become the prize of the sword. By a curious coincidence (see 1 Kings 15:27) the dynasty of Baasha had been founded in the camp before the same city of Gibbethon. Zimri’s conspiracy appears to have been hastily planned, with no provision of adequate means of support; for Tirzah is taken at once.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.- Omri
- 30; 2 Kings 8:26; 2 Chronicles 22:2; Micah 6:16
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Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on 1 Kings 16:16". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https:/
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