As for the rest of the acts of Omri, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
Solomon observes (Pro 28:2) that for the transgression of a land many were the princes thereof (so it was here in Israel), but by a man of understanding the state thereof shall be prolonged - so it was with Judah at the same time under Asa. When men forsake God they are out of the way of rest and establishment.
Commenting on 1 Kings 16:15-28
1Ki 16:25-28 Omri also walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and acted worse than his predecessors upon the throne. - For 1Ki 16:26 and 1Ki 16:27, compare 1Ki 16:13 and 1Ki 16:14. In this epoch, which embraces only thirty-four years, the history of the kings of Judah falls so far into the background behind the history of the kingdom of Israel, that it seems to...
Commenting on 1 Kings 16:25-28