1 Kings 16:17

Then Omri went up from Gibbethon, with all the army of Israel, and they made an attack on Tirzah, shutting in the town on every side.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And news came to the people in the tents that Zimri had made a secret design and had put the king to death: so all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king that day in the tents.

18And when Zimri saw that the town was taken, he went into the inner room of the king's house, and burning the house over his head, came to his end,

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Cross References

Judges 9:45And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.

Judges 9:56In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;

2 Kings 18:9Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria, shutting it in with his armies.

Luke 19:43For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 16:16-29

Zimri's Death; Reign of Omri. ( b. c. 929.) 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. 17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18 And it came… Read the whole commentary →

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