And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
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
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. (l) He was the first king that was buried in Samaria, after that the kings house was burnt in Tirzah.
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