1 Reyes 16:18

Listen to 1 Reyes 16:18
18 Mas viendo Zimri tomada la ciudad, meti贸se en el palacio de la casa real, y peg贸 fuego 谩 la casa consigo: as铆 muri贸.

1 Reyes 16:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:18

And it came to pass, that when Zimri saw that the city was
taken
That Omri, and the army with him, had got into it, being a place not much fortified, and Zimri not having force enough to defend it against such an army:

that he went into the palace of the king's house;
into the innermost and most splendid, as well as the strongest part of it:

and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and he died;
that he might not fall into the hands of his rival, who he might fear would use him ill, and that he might not enjoy the royal palace; though Kimchi thinks that Omri set fire to the palace, and burnt it over the head of Zimri, in which he perished; and this sense the text will bear.

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1 Reyes 16:18 In-Context

16 Y el pueblo que estaba en el campo oy贸 decir: Zimri ha hecho conjuraci贸n, y ha muerto al rey. Entonces todo Israel levant贸 el mismo d铆a por rey sobre Israel 谩 Omri, general del ej茅rcito, en el campo.
17 Y subi贸 Omri de Gibbeth贸n, y con 茅l todo Israel, y cercaron 谩 Thirsa.
18 Mas viendo Zimri tomada la ciudad, meti贸se en el palacio de la casa real, y peg贸 fuego 谩 la casa consigo: as铆 muri贸.
19 Por sus pecados que 茅l hab铆a cometido, haciendo lo malo 谩 los ojos de Jehov谩, y andando en los caminos de Jeroboam, y en su pecado que cometi贸, haciendo pecar 谩 Israel.
20 Los dem谩s hechos de Zimri, y su conspiraci贸n que form贸, 驴no est谩 todo escrito en el libro de las cr贸nicas de los reyes de Israel?
The Reina-Valera Antigua (1602) is in the public domain.