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1 Kings 16:17

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17 Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged * Tirzah.
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1 Kings 16:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:17

And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him
He, and the army under him, broke up the siege of that place, and marched to Tirzah; which, according, to Bunting F3 were thirty six miles distant from each other: and they besieged Tirzah; the royal city, in which Zimri was.

FOOTNOTES:

F3 Travels p. 162.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 16:17 In-Context

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
16 The people who were camped heard it said, "Zimri has conspired and has also struck down the king." Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
17 Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.
18 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died,
19 because of his sins which he sinned, doing evil in the sight of the LORD , walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel sin.
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