17And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
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Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: …
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. …
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. …
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. …
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-28)Solomon observes (Prov. 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 understanding the state thereof shall be prolonged —so it was with Judah at the same time under Asa. When men forsake God they are out of the way of rest and establishment. Zimri, and Tibni, and Omri, are here striving for the crown. Proud aspiring men ruin o…
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