1 Kings 16:17
“And Omri went vp from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.”
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1 Kings 16:17 Context
15¶ In the twentie and seuenth yeere of Asa king of Iudah, did Zimri reigne seuen dayes in Tirzah: and the people were encamped against Gibbethon which belonged to the Philistines. 16And the people that were encamped, heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slaine the king: Wherfore all Israel made Omri the captaine of the hoste, king ouer Israel that day, in the campe. 17And Omri went vp from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18And it came to passe when Zimri saw that the citie was taken, that hee went into the palace of the kings house, and burnt the kings house ouer him with fire, and died, 19For his sinnes which he sinned in doing euill in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Ieroboam, and in his sinne which he did, to make Israel sinne.
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And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
- King James Version
Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.
- New American Standard Version (1995)