1 Kings 16:17
15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
16 and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had not only conspired but had also struck down the king. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.
18 When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
19 because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
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Compare
- BSB
- Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.
- KJV
- And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
- WEB
- Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
- ASV
- And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
- DARBY
- And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
- BLB
- And Omri went up, and all Israel with him, from Gibbethon, and they laid siege against Tirzah.
- ÅB
- Så dro Omri med hele Israel opp fra Gibbeton, og de kringsatte Tirsa.
- OTB
- Omri og hele Israel med ham rykket frem fra Gibbeton og beleiret Tirsa.
- B1930
- Så drog Omri med hele Israel op fra Gibbeton, og de kringsatte Tirsa.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 6:24–25
Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
Read in contextJudges 9:45
And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
Read in contextLuke 19:43–44
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
Read in contextJudges 9:50
Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.
Read in contextJudges 9:56–57
In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
Read in context2 Kings 18:9–12
In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
Read in context2 Kings 25:1–4
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
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