1 Kings 16:17

17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

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 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 who were encamped heard it said: "Zimri hath conspired and hath also slain the king." Therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

17 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 burned the king's house over himself with fire and died,

19 because of 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.