1 Kings 16:28

1 Kings 16:28

So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

a. ASV: So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

b. YLT: And Omri lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigneth in his stead.

c. Amplified Bible Classic: So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

d. Septuagint: So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: Omri lay with his forefathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

1. “So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.”

a. [So] Omri [Strong: 6018 ʻOmrîy, om-ree'; from H6014; heaping; Omri, an Israelite:—Omri.]

b. slept [Strong: 7901 shâkab, shaw-kab'; a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose):—× at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.]

c. with [Strong: 5973 `im eem from 6004; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English):--accompanying, against, and, as (X long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-)to, with(-al).]

d. [his] fathers [Strong: 1 ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal.]

e. [and was] buried [Strong: 6912 qâbar, kaw-bar'; a primitive root; to inter:—× in any wise, bury(-ier).]

f. [in] Samaria [Strong: 8111 Shômᵉrôwn, sho-mer-one'; from the active participle of H8104; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine:—Samaria.]

g. [and] Ahab [Strong: 256 ʼAchʼâb, akh-awb'; once (by contraction) אֶחָב ʼEchâb (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 and H1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon:—Ahab.]

h. reigned [Strong: 4427 mâlak, maw-lak'; a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel:—consult, ×indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, × surely.]

i. [in his] place [Strong: 8478 tachath takh'-ath from the same as 8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.:--as, beneath, X flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, X unto, X when...was mine, whereas, (where-)fore, with.]

1). Here is the introduction the Scriptures give of Ahab, when he came on the scene he became the most wicked king of Israel. He did more to provoke the anger of the LORD than all the kings of Israel before him. What a horrible and sad introduction.

2). Alfred Edersheim, Bible History, Old Testament, p.667. “With the enthronement of Ahab and Jezebel, the establishment of the worship of Baal as the state religion, and the attempted extermination of the prophets and followers of the Lord, the apostasy of Israel reached its high point.”

3). The general rule was that each succeeding king descended lower than the preceding one. There were exceptions to this of course, but such is the general course of human nature.  In light of this Ahab was up to this point the worst king of Israel.