21Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts; half the people followed Tibni son of Ginath to make him king, and half followed Omri.22The people who followed Omri strengthened the people who followed Tibni son of Ginath; Tibni died, and Omri became king.23In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri reigned over Israel; he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.24He bought Mount Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; he built on the mountain and named the city he built after Shemer, the owner of Mount Samaria.25Omri did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and was more evil than all who were before him.26He walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, in his sin, and in the sin by which he caused Israel to sin, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, with their idols.27As for the rest of the acts of Omri that he did and his might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?28Omri lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.