1 Kings 16:17

1 Kings 16:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Omri and all the Israelites with him withdrew from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon, and they besieged Tirzah.

Context of 1 Kings 16:17

15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 16The people who were camped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired and has also struck down the king.” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah. 18When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died, 19because of his sins which he sinned, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel sin.

1 Kings 16:17 word by word

וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה עָמְרִ֛י וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל עִמּ֖וֹ מִֽגִּבְּת֑וֹן וַיָּצֻ֖רוּ עַל־תִּרְצָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Then Omriעׇמְרִי‛omrîy · OmriH6018
• and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• with him wentעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• up from Gibbethonגִּבְּתוֹןgibbethôn · GibbethonH1405
• and besiegedצוּרtsûr · to confineH6696
• and besiegedעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Tirzahתִּרְצָהtirtsâh · TirzahH8656

Cross-references for 1 Kings 16:17

• Judges 9:45Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he razed the city and sowed it with salt.
• 2 Kings 6:24Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria.
• 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 and besieged it.
• 2 Kings 25:1Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall all around it.
• Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,

Commentaries on 1 Kings 16:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Went up - The expression “went up” marks accurately the ascent of the army from the Shephelah, where Gibbethon was situated Joshua 19:44, to the hill country of Israel, on the edge of which Tirzah stood 1 Kings 14:17.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-28Verses 15-28 When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another. Proud aspiring men ruin one another. Omri struggled with Tibni some years. Though we do not always understand the rules by which God governs nations and individuals in his providence, we may learn useful lessons from the history before us. When tyrants succeed each other, and massacres, conspiracies, and civil wars, we may be sure the Lord has a controversy with the people for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-17Even though Zimri led half of the royal chariots (1 Kings 16:9), he stayed in Tirzah instead of joining the army attacking Gibbethon. The armed forces did not respect him; they viewed his actions as treason and chose their commander, Omri, as the new king of Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1815-18. did Zimri reign seven days--The news of his conspiracy soon spread, and the army having proclaimed their general, Omri, king, that officer immediately raised the siege at Gibbethon and marched directly against the capital in which the usurper had established himself. Zimri soon saw that he was not in circumstances to hold out against all the forces of the kingdom; so, shutting himself up in the palace, he set it on fire, and, like Sardanapalus…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 16:17

• Gibbethon
• Omri
• Siege
• Tirzah
• Zimri

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Omri
• Tirzah
• Ahab
• Baasha
• Israel, History of
• Zimri (1)
• Zimri (2)
• Israel, Kingdom of
• Zimri

Commentaries on 1 Kings 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings