1 Kings 16:21 - Revised Standard Version CI

²¹ Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts; half of the people followed Tibni the 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts. One half of the people followed Thebni the son of Gineth, to make him king: and one half followed Amri.

1 Kings 16:21 Cross References

1 Kings 15:25

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

1 Kings 15:28

So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

1 Kings 16:20

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

1 Kings 16:22

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

1 Kings 16:29

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

1 Kings 16:8

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

Proverbs 28:2

When a land transgresses it has many rulers; but with men of understanding and knowledge its stability will long continue.

Isaiah 19:2

And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, every man against his brother and every man against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom;

Matthew 12:25

Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand;