"In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people {were} encamped…" — 1 Kings 16:15

1 Kings 16:15 · KJV

“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.”

— 1 Kings 16:15

Verse 14

Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Verse 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.

1 Kings 16 — Context

For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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.

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.

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

Cross References

1 Kings 15:27

And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which {belonged} to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

Joshua 19:44

And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,

Joshua 21:23

And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,

Psalms 37:35

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil}

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}

2 Kings 9:31

And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, {Had} Zimri peace, who slew his master?

1 Kings 16:8

In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

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