1 Kings 16:23-28

Omri's Reign.

After a four years' contest with Tibni, the son of Ginath, for the crown of Israel, the followers of Omri prevailed over the adherents of his rival. The issue, then, was that "Tibni died and Omri reigned." Whether Tibni died in battle, or whether, when his followers were overcome, he was taken and put to death, is not written; but the record illustrates how in the revolutions of the wheel of fortune the fall of one makes way for the rise of another. Let us now view this new monarch—

I. IN HIS PALACES .

1. " Six years reigned he in Tirzah ."

2 . Six years he reigned in Samaria .

II. AT THE ALTAR .

1 . " He walked in all the ways of Jeroboam ."

2 . He " did worse than all that were before him ."

III. IN HIS EXIT .

1 . He " was buried ."

2 . He " slept with his fathers ."