1 Kings 16
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1 Kings 16:15-19

15In the twenty-seventhH6242H7651 yearH8141 of AsaH609 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, ZimriH2174 reignedH4427 sevenH7651 daysH3117 at TirzahH8656. Now the peopleH5971 were campedH2583 againstH5921 1GibbethonH1405, whichH834 belonged to the PhilistinesH6430.

16The peopleH5971 who were campedH2583 heardH8085 2it saidH559, “ZimriH2174 has conspiredH7194 and has alsoH1571 struckH5221 downH5221 the kingH4428.” Therefore allH3605 IsraelH3478 madeH4427 OmriH6018, the commanderH8269 of the armyH6635, kingH4427 overH5921 IsraelH3478 that dayH3117 in the campH4264.

17Then OmriH6018 and allH3605 IsraelH3478 with him wentH5927 up from GibbethonH1405 and besiegedH6696H5921 TirzahH8656.

18When ZimriH2174 sawH7200 that the cityH5892 was takenH3920, he wentH935 into the citadelH759 of the king’sH4428 houseH1004 and burnedH8313 the king’sH4428 houseH1004 overH5921 him with fireH784, and 3diedH4191,

19becauseH5921 of his sinsH2403 whichH834 he sinnedH2398, doingH6213 evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LordH3068, 4walkingH1980 in the wayH1870 of JeroboamH3379, and in his sinH2403 whichH834 he didH6213, making IsraelH3478 sinH2398.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 16:15 1 Kin 15:27 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 16:16 Lit saying ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 16:18 1 Sam 31:4, 5; 2 Sam 17:23 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 16:19 1 Kin 12:28; 14:16; 15:26 ↩

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