1 Kings 16:17

17 'Omri and all Isra'el with him withdrew from Gib'ton and besieged Tirtzah.

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Travels p. 162.

1 Kings 16:17 In-Context

15 It was in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Y'hudah that Zimri ruled for seven days in Tirtzah. At that time, the army was besieging Gib'ton, which belonged to the P'lishtim.

16 The troops in their camp heard it said that Zimri had plotted and killed the king, whereupon that same day, there in the camp, all Isra'el made 'Omri, the commander of the army, king over Isra'el.

17 'Omri and all Isra'el with him withdrew from Gib'ton and besieged Tirtzah.

18 When Zimri saw that the city had been captured, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and burned down the royal palace over him, so that he died.

19 This came about because of the sins he committed in doing what was evil from ADONAI's perspective, in living as Yarov'am had lived, and in sinning by making Isra'el sin.