And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
Study Helps
Interpretation
When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another. Proud aspiring men ruin one another.
Read with
This thought runs through 1 Kings 16:15-19.
Glossary
- Tirzah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell el Farah.
- Gibbethon Place
- A height, a city of the Philistines in the territory of Dan, given to the Kohathites ( Josh. 19:44 ; 21:23 ). Modern identification: Tell Melat.