and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
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and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
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And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
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and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
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- 2 Kings 9:31 As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, “Do you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him,…
1Ki 16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
Ver. 10. And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him.] Even while he was drunk, and dreamt not of death. So Amnon, so Belshazzar, so not a few in all ages. And yet men will not be warned of this noonday devil, Drunkenness.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha,…
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. That not only his posterity, but all any way related to him, should be cut off; yea, it seems to have been carried further, even to all that were in any connection with him in point of friendship, see Kg1 16:3.
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kg1 16:13For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son,.... By which it appears that the son trod in the steps of his father, and was therefore cut off:
by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities; their idols, which had nothing in them, and cannot be of any service to their worshippers; and to serve such, and neglect the worship of the true God, and draw others into the same iniquity, must be very provoking to the most High.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. in the twenty and seventh year of Asa…
10. in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah] Omitted as usual by the LXX. Here again if we refer to 1Ki_16:8, it is plain that Elah’s two years cannot have been full years.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Zimri went in (cf. Jud_1:3:20; 2Sa_4:7) and smote…
And Zimri went in (cf. Jud_1:3:20; 2Sa_4:7) and smote him and killed him in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. Cf. 1Ki_15:28 and. 2Ki_15:33. It is curious how it happened three times in the history of Israel that "the only powerful prince in a new dynasty was its founder, and after his son and successor reigned two years, the power passed into other hands" (Ewald)
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