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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 16:21-34

Change without improvement. I. OMRI 'S INDEBTEDNESS TO DIVINE GOODNESS . 1 . His success against Zimri ( 1 Kings 16:15-25 ). The traitor fell before him almost without a struggle. 2 . Against Tibni . Israel was equally divided, yet his life was preserved and the kingdom given to him. Men pass up to place and means and influence through a pathway which, if it is only looked back upon and considered, is full of power to touch the heart and bow it under the will of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 16:22

But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath [It appears, however, from the following verse that the struggle lasted four years]: so Tibni died [According to Jos; Ant. 8.12. § 5, he was slain by the conqueror. The LXX . has here a curious and probably genuine addition. "And Thabni died, and Joram his brother at that time ] , and Omri reigned. [The jingle of the Hebrew words is probably designed.] The Reign of Omri . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:16

All Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king - This passage of history recalls the favorite practice of the Roman armies under the Empire, which, when they heard of the assassination of an emperor at Rome, were accustomed to invest their own commander with the purple. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:17

Went 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 more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:18

The palace of the king’s house - The tower of the king’s house. A particular part of the palace - either the “harem,” or, more probably, the keep or citadel, a tower stronger and loftier than the rest of the palace.Zimri’s desperate act has been repeated more than once. That the last king of Assyria, the Sardanapalus of the Greeks, thus destroyed himself, is almost the only “fact” which we know concerning him. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:19

Zimri’s death illustrates the general moral which the writer of Kings draws from the whole history of the Israelite monarchs. that a curse was upon them on account of their persistence in Jeroboam’s sin, which, sooner or later, brought each royal house to a bloody end. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:22

From a comparison of the dates given in 1 Kings 16:15, 1 Kings 16:23, 1 Kings 16:29 it follows that the contest between the two pretenders lasted four years.Tibni’s death can scarcely be supposed to have been natural. Either he must have been slain in battle against Omri, or have fallen into his hands and been put to death.There has probably been some derangement of the text here. The passage may have run thus: “So Tibni died, and Omri reigned in the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 16:15-17

1 Kings 16:15-17. The people were encamped against Gibbethon Which had been besieged many years before, but, it seems, was then relieved or afterward recovered by the Philistines, while the Israelites were in a distracted condition through civil broils and contentions. It was, however, now again invested. The people heard say, Zimri has conspired, &c. Notice was soon brought to the camp that Zimri had slain their king, and set up himself in Tirzah, the royal city; whereupon they chose... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 16:18

1 Kings 16:18. When Zimri saw that the city was taken Tirzah, though a beautiful city, it seems, was not fortified; so that Omri soon made himself master of it, and forced Zimri into the palace; which, as he was unable to defend, and yet unwilling to surrender it, he burned, and himself in it: grudging that his rival should ever enjoy so sumptuous a palace, and fearing that if he fell into the hands of his enemies, either alive or dead, he should be ignominiously treated. See to what... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 16:19

1 Kings 16:19. For his sins which he sinned Though he lived but a very short time after he usurped the crown, yet he gave sufficient demonstration of his resolution to continue the idolatry of Jeroboam; and therefore he was abandoned by God. Add to this, the whole course of his life seems to have been wicked, and this is justly charged upon him because of his impenitency. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 16:21-34

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 16:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 16:15-17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 16:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 16:19

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