1 Kings 16:23
Good News Translation
So in the thirty-first year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he ruled for twelve years. The first six years he ruled in Tirzah,

New Revised Standard Version
In the thirty-first year of King Asa of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel; he reigned for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

Contemporary English Version
in the thirty-first year of Asa's rule in Judah. Omri ruled Israel for twelve years. The first six years he ruled from Tirzah,

New American Bible
In the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah, Omri became king of Israel for twelve years; the first six of them he reigned in Tirzah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the one and thirtieth year of Asa, king of Juda, Amri reigned over Israel twelve years: in Thersa he reigned six years.

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In the one and thirtieth year of Asa, king of Juda, Amri reigned over Israel twelve years: in Thersa he reigned six years.

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3079-3086 B.C.

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the thirty As it is stated in verse

1 Kings 16:10 And Zambri rushing in, struck him, and slew him, in the seven and twentieth year of Asa, king of Juda and he reigned in his stead.

and

1 Kings 16:15 In the seven and twentieth year of Asa, king of Juda, Zambri reigned seven days in Thersa: now the army was besieging Gebbethon, a city of the Philistines.

, that Zimri began to reign in the

27th year of Asa; and as he reigned only {seven} days, and Omri immediately succeeded him, this could not be the

31st, but in the

27th year of Asa. Jarchi, from {Sedar Olam}, reconciles this, by stating that Tibni and Omri began to reign {jointly} in the

27th year of Asa; and that Tibni dying about {five} years afterwards, Omri began to reign {alone} in the

31st year of Asa.

2 Chronicles 22:2 Ochozias was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Athalia the daughter of Amri.

twelve years

1 Kings 16:8,29 In the six and twentieth year of Asa, king of Juda, Ela, the son of Baasa, reigned over Israel, in Thersa, two years. . . .

Context
Omri Reigns in Israel
22But the people that were with Amri, prevailed over the people that followed Thebni, the son of Gineth: and Thebni died, and Amri reigned. 23In the one and thirtieth year of Asa, king of Juda, Amri reigned over Israel twelve years: in Thersa he reigned six years.24And he bought the hill of Samaria of Semer, for two talents of silver: and he built upon it, and he called the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Semer, the owner of the hill.…
Cross References
1 Kings 15:21
And when Baasa had heard this, he left off building Rama, and returned into Thersa.

1 Kings 16:22
But the people that were with Amri, prevailed over the people that followed Thebni, the son of Gineth: and Thebni died, and Amri reigned.

1 Kings 16:22
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