1 Kings 16:17
וַיַּעֲלֶה עָמְרִי וְכָל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמּוֹ מִֽגִּבְּתוֹן וַיָּצֻרוּ עַל ־ תִּרְצָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 9:45וַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ נִלְחָם בָּעִיר כֹּל הַיּוֹם הַהוּא וַיִּלְכֹּד אֶת ־ הָעִיר וְאֶת ־ הָעָם אֲשֶׁר ־ בָּהּ הָרָג וַיִּתֹּץ אֶת ־ הָעִיר וַיִּזְרָעֶהָ מֶֽלַח ׃ פ
Judges 9:56וַיָּשֶׁב אֱלֹהִים אֵת רָעַת אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְאָבִיו לַהֲרֹג אֶת ־ שִׁבְעִים אֶחָֽיו ׃
2 Kings 18:9וַֽיְהִי בַּשָּׁנָה הָֽרְבִיעִית לַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ הִיא הַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית לְהוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן ־ אֵלָה מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל עָלָה שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר מֶֽלֶךְ ־ אַשּׁוּר עַל ־ שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיָּצַר עָלֶֽיהָ ׃
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 →