OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 16:21

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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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Verse 21. Parts. Those who had chosen Amri, were mortified at the election made by the army, and therefore set up another king. Calmet.—The contest seems to have lasted four years. Houbigant.

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