| Verse | Translation | Text |
| 1Ki 16:16 | Strong Concordance | And the people [05971] that were encamped [02583] heard [08085] say [0559], Zimri [02174] hath conspired [07194], and hath also slain [05221] the king [04428]: wherefore all Israel [03478] made Omri [06018], the captain [08269] of the host [06635], king [04427] over Israel [03478] that day [03117] in the camp [04264]. |
| King James | And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| All Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king - This passage of history recalls the favorite practice of the Roman armies under the Empire, which, when they heard of the assassination of an emperor at Rome, were accustomed to invest their own commander with the purple. |