Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 16:17
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
17. and they besieged Tirzah ] Which must therefore have been a fortified town, and not a mere pleasance of the kings of Israel.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Went up – The expression went up marks accurately the ascent of the army from the Shephelah, where Gibbethon was situated Jos 19:44, to the hill country of Israel, on the edge of which Tirzah stood 1Ki 14:17.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him,…. He, and the army under him, broke up the siege of that place, and marched to Tirzah; which, according, to Bunting c were thirty six miles distant from each other: and they besieged Tirzah; the royal city, in which Zimri was.
c Travels, &c. p. 162.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
17. Besieged Tirzah They raised the siege of Gibbethon and attacked the seditious Israelites, deeming it better to punish treason and assassination at home than to continue the tedious war with the Philistines.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ki 16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
Ver. 17. And Omri went out from Gibethon. ] Where now the second time the siege was raised. See 1Ki 15:27 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
besieged Tirzah: Jdg 9:45, Jdg 9:50, Jdg 9:56, Jdg 9:57, 2Ki 6:24, 2Ki 6:25, 2Ki 18:9-12, 2Ki 25:1-4, Luk 19:43, Luk 19:44
Reciprocal: 1Ki 15:27 – Gibbethon 2Ki 15:14 – Tirzah
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged {h} Tirzah.
(h) Where Zimri holed up.