1 Kings 16:19

Zimri Reigns in Israel · 1 Kings 16:15–20
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Translations

Modern
…because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
Traditional
For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
Literal
…on account of his sins that he sinned in doing evil in the eyes of YHWH, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin that he did, to cause Israel to sin.
Latin
…in peccatis suis quæ peccaverat, faciens malum coram Domino, et ambulans in via Jeroboam, et in peccato ejus, quo fecit peccare Israël.

Original

Hebrew
English
…because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.

Notes

burned it down upon himself: Zimri's cowardice shows when he chooses to kill himself rather than face capture.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Jeroboam: First king of the northern kingdom of Israel

Glossary

Ahab (King) Inscriptions Kings, Books of First and Second Moabite Stone Suicide Tirzah (Place)

Topics

Judgments: Zimri Omri: King of Israel: Defeats his Rival, Tibni, and Establishes Himself Rulers: Wicked: Zimri, Walking in the Ways of Jeroboam Zimri: King of Israel