1 Kings 16:29 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.”
1 Kings 16:29 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 16:29 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 16:29 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel. Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.”
1 Kings 16:29 — World English Bible
1 Kings 16:29 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.”
1 Kings 16:29 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 16:29 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Ahab son of Omri hath reigned over Israel in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab son of Omri reigneth over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years,”
1 Kings 16:29 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 16:29 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.”
1 Kings 16:29 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 16:29 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Nowe Ahab the sonne of Omri began to reigne ouer Israel, in the eyght and thirtie yeere of Asa king of Iudah: and Ahab the sonne of Omri reigned ouer Israel in Samaria two and twenty yere.”
1 Kings 16:29 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 16:29 in Context — 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?
28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.
31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
What Does 1 Kings 16:29 Mean?
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