1 Kings 16:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Kings 16:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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1 Kings 16

¹⁵ In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

¹⁶ and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.

¹⁷ Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

¹⁸ When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died

¹⁹ because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.

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