So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
Ver. 28. And was buried in Samaria.] Herein he sped better than his betters. It is well observed by Augustine, a that God punisheth some wicked ones here, lest his providence - and not all, lest his patience and promise of judgment - should be called into question.
a In Ps. xxx.