SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:16
Y el pueblo que estaba en el campo oyó decir: Zimri ha hecho conjuración, y ha dado muerte al rey. Entonces todo Israel levantó el mismo día por rey sobre Israel a Omri, general del ejército, en el campo.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 16. And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king , etc.] Tidings came to the army of what he had done, which was displeasing to them: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp ; that is, all Israel that were in the army proclaimed Omri, their general, king; just as the Roman army declared Vespasian, their general, emperor of Rome, and as several of the emperors were chosen. Ver. 17 . And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him , etc.] He, and the army under him, broke up the siege of that place, and marched to Tirzah; which, according, to Bunting were thirty six miles distant from each other: and they besieged Tirzah; the royal city, in which Zimri was.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-28 - When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another. Prou aspiring men ruin one another. Omri struggled with Tibni some years Though we do not always understand the rules by which God govern nations and individuals in his providence, we may learn useful lesson from the history before us. When tyrants succeed each other, an massacres, conspiracies, and civil wars, we may be sure the Lord has controversy with the people for their sins; they are loudly called to repent and reform. Omri made himself infamous by his wickedness. Man wicked men have been men of might and renown; have built cities, an their names are found in history; but they have no name in the book of life.
Original Hebrew
וישׁמע 8085 העם 5971 החנים 2583 לאמר 559 קשׁר 7194 זמרי 2174 וגם 1571 הכה 5221 את 853 המלך 4428 וימלכו 4427 כל 3605 ישׂראל 3478 את 853 עמרי 6018 שׂר 8269 צבא 6635 על 5921 ישׂראל 3478 ביום 3117 ההוא 1931 במחנה׃ 4264
