1 Kings 16:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni son of Ginath to make him king, and half followed Omri.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Then the people of Israel were divided into two factions. Half of the people followed Tibni son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

Common English Bible

²¹ At this time the people of Israel were split in two. One half of the people followed Tibni, Ginath’s son, making him king; the other half followed Omri.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: one half part of the people followed Tibni, the son of Ginath, having appointed him as king, and one half part followed Omri.

1 Kings 16:21 Cross References

Matthew 12:25

He knew what they were thinking and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.

Isaiah 19:2

I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, one against the other, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom;

Proverbs 28:2

When a land rebels it has many rulers; but with an intelligent person, honesty endures.

1 Kings 16:29

In the thirty-eighth year of King Asa of Judah, Ahab son of Omri began to reign over Israel; Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

1 Kings 16:8

In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa of Judah, Elah son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah; he reigned two years.

1 Kings 15:28

So Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of King Asa of Judah and succeeded him.

1 Kings 15:25

Nadab son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of King Asa of Judah; he reigned over Israel two years.

1 Kings 16:20

Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and the conspiracy that he made, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:22

But the people who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni son of Ginath, so Tibni died, and Omri became king.