Omri and all Israel went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, conspired against Nadab ¹  and assassinated him in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory. This happened while Nadab and all the Israelite army were besieging Gibbethon.

He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet ¹  high and 18 feet ²  in circumference.

Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ¹  and besieged and attacked it. ²