1 Kings 16:17
What does 1 Kings 16:17 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 16:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Omri goeth up, and all Israel with him, from Gibbethon, and they lay siege to Tirzah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Amri went up, and all Israel with him, from Gebbethon, and they besieged Thersa.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
Context
v.16And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also smitten the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
v.17This passage
v.18And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the castle of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 9:45
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- 2 Kings 6:24
And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
- 2 Kings 18:9
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
- Judges 9:50
Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
- Judges 9:56
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
- 2 Kings 25:1
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
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