1 Kings 16:17
15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
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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
And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
Read in contextJudges 9:45
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
Read in contextLuke 19:43–44
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
Read in contextJudges 9:50
Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
Read in contextJudges 9:56–57
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Read in context2 Kings 18:9–12
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
Read in context2 Kings 25:1–4
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
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