1 Kings 16:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,”
1 Kings 16:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 16:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 16:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the fortified part of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,”
1 Kings 16:18 — World English Bible
1 Kings 16:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the castle of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died, ”
1 Kings 16:18 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 16:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And it cometh to pass, at Zimri's seeing that the city hath been captured, that he cometh in unto a high place of the house of the king, and burneth over him the house of the king with fire, and dieth,”
1 Kings 16:18 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 16:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And it came to pass when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king's house, and burned the king's house over him with fire; ”
1 Kings 16:18 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 16:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And when Zimri saw, that the citie was taken, he went into the palace of the Kings house, and burnt himselfe, and the Kings house with fire, and so dyed,”
1 Kings 16:18 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 16:18 in Context — 1 Kings 16
16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
19 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.
20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
What Does 1 Kings 16:18 Mean?
1 Kings 16:18 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 16. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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