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Text -- 1 Kings 16:18 (NET)

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16:18 When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames.
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Names, People and Places:
 · Zimri son of Salu (Simeon); a chief Phinehas slew for his rebellion,the man who assassinated and succeded Elah, King of Israel,son of Zerah son of Judah,son of Jehoaddah of Benjamin,a land and its people


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Zimri | ZIMRI (2) | ZIMRI (1) | Tirza | Suicide | PALACE | Omri | MURDER | Judgments | ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 3 | Baasha | Arson | Ahab | more
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JFB: 1Ki 16:15-18 - -- The news of his conspiracy soon spread, and the army having proclaimed their general, Omri, king, that officer immediately raised the siege at Gibbeth...

The news of his conspiracy soon spread, and the army having proclaimed their general, Omri, king, that officer immediately raised the siege at Gibbethon and marched directly against the capital in which the usurper had established himself. Zimri soon saw that he was not in circumstances to hold out against all the forces of the kingdom; so, shutting himself up in the palace, he set it on fire, and, like Sardanapalus, chose to perish himself and reduce all to ruin, rather than that the palace and royal treasures should fall into the hands of his successful rival. The seven days' reign may refer either to the brief duration of his royal authority, or the period in which he enjoyed unmolested tranquillity in the palace.

TSK: 1Ki 16:18 - -- and burnt the king’ s house : Jdg 9:54; 1Sa 31:4, 1Sa 31:5; 2Sa 17:23; Job 2:9, Job 2:10; Mat 27:5

and burnt the king’ s house : Jdg 9:54; 1Sa 31:4, 1Sa 31:5; 2Sa 17:23; Job 2:9, Job 2:10; Mat 27:5

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Barnes: 1Ki 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 proba...

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.

Poole: 1Ki 16:18 - -- Burnt the king’ s house over him or, and he burnt , &c. Either, 1. Omri burnt it over Zimri; for pronouns sometimes respect more remote nouns....

Burnt the king’ s house over him or, and he burnt , &c. Either,

1. Omri burnt it over Zimri; for pronouns sometimes respect more remote nouns. Or rather,

2. Zimri, (to whom both the foregoing and following words apparently belong,) who burnt it upon himself, that neither himself nor the royal palace and treasures might come into the hands of his insulting adversary.

Haydock: 1Ki 16:18 - -- Himself. Hebrew may also signify, "he (Amri) burnt him." --- Zambri, his rival. But the other sense is more natural. (Calmet) --- Thus Sardanap...

Himself. Hebrew may also signify, "he (Amri) burnt him." ---

Zambri, his rival. But the other sense is more natural. (Calmet) ---

Thus Sardanapalus chose to destroy himself, with all his riches, (Justin i.; Atheneus xii. 7.) to prevent the dead body from being insulted. It was for this reason the Sylla, the first of the Cornelian family, ordered his remains to be burnt. (Cicero, Leg. i.) (Tirinus)

Gill: 1Ki 16:18 - -- And it came to pass, that when Zimri saw that the city was taken,.... That Omri, and the army with him, had got into it, being a place not much fortif...

And it came to pass, that when Zimri saw that the city was taken,.... That Omri, and the army with him, had got into it, being a place not much fortified, and Zimri not having force enough to defend it against such an army:

that he went into the palace of the king's house; into the innermost and most splendid, as well as the strongest part of it:

and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and he died; that he might not fall into the hands of his rival, who he might fear would use him ill, and that he might not enjoy the royal palace; though Kimchi thinks that Omri set fire to the palace, and burnt it over the head of Zimri, in which he perished; and this sense the text will bear.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ki 16:18 Heb “and he burned the house of the king over him with fire and he died.”

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 1Ki 16:1-34 - --1 Jehu's prophecy against Baasha.5 Elah succeeds him.8 Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him.11 Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy.15 Omri, made ki...

MHCC: 1Ki 16:15-28 - --When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another. Proud aspiring men ruin one another. Omri struggled with Tibni some years. Though we do...

Matthew Henry: 1Ki 16:15-28 - -- Solomon observes (Pro 28:2) that for the transgression of a land many were the princes thereof (so it was here in Israel), but by a man of unders...

Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ki 16:15-18 - -- The Reign of Zimri lasted only seven days. As soon as the people of war ( העם ), who were besieging Gibbethon (see at 1Ki 15:27), heard of his co...

Constable: 1Ki 16:15-20 - --9. Zimri's evil reign in Israel 16:15-20 Zimri's seven-day reign in 885 B.C. was the shortest in...

Guzik: 1Ki 16:1-34 - --1 Kings 16 - Five Successive Kings of Israel A. Two short dynasties over Israel: Baasha and Zimri. 1. (1-4) Baasha's rebuke and prophecy of judgment...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septu...

JFB: 1 Kings (Outline) ABISHAG CHERISHES DAVID IN HIS EXTREME AGE. (1Ki 1:1-4) ADONIJAH USURPS THE KINGDOM. (1Ki. 1:5-31) SOLOMON, BY DAVID'S APPOINTMENT, IS ANOINTED KING....

TSK: 1 Kings 16 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 1Ki 16:1, Jehu’s prophecy against Baasha; 1Ki 16:5, Elah succeeds him; 1Ki 16:8, Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him; 1Ki 16:1...

Poole: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) FIRST BOOK OF KINGS COMMONLY CALLED THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS THE ARGUMENT THESE two Books called Of the Kings, because they treat of the kings of...

Poole: 1 Kings 16 (Chapter Introduction) KINGS CHAPTER 16 Jehu prophesieth against Baasha, 1Ki 16:1-7 , Elah succeedeth him: him Zimri slayeth and succeedeth: he, besieged by Omri, burneth...

MHCC: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) The history now before us accounts for the affairs of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, yet with special regard to the kingdom of God among them; for ...

MHCC: 1 Kings 16 (Chapter Introduction) (1Ki 16:1-14) The reigns of Baasha and Elah in Israel. (1Ki 16:15-28) Reigns of Zimri and Omri in Israel. (1Ki 16:29-34) Ahab's wickedness, Hiel reb...

Matthew Henry: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The First Book of Kings Many histories are books of kings and their reigns, to which the affairs of the...

Matthew Henry: 1 Kings 16 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter relates wholly to the kingdom of Israel, and the revolutions of that kingdom - many in a little time. The utter ruin of Jeroboam's fam...

Constable: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The Books of 1 and 2 Kings received their names because they docume...

Constable: 1 Kings (Outline) Outline I. The reign of Solomon chs. 1-11 A. Solomon's succession to David's throne 1:1-2:12...

Constable: 1 Kings 1 Kings Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan. "The Building Activities of David and Solomon." Israel Exploration Journ...

Haydock: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) THE THIRD BOOK OF KINGS. INTRODUCTION. This and the following Book are called by the holy Fathers, The Third and Fourth Book of Kings; but b...

Gill: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS This, and the following book, properly are but one book, divided into two parts, and went with the Jews under the common na...

Gill: 1 Kings 16 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 16 This chapter contains a prophecy of the ruin of the family of Baasha, and an account of his death, 1Ki 16:1, and of his ...

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