17 Then Omri and all the Israelites with him withdrew from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah.
17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
17 So Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
17 Omri and the army immediately left Gibbethon and attacked Tirzah.
17 Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon, and they besieged Tirzah.
17 So Omri led the entire army of Israel up from Gibbethon to attack Tirzah, Israel's capital.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 16:17
Commentary on 1 Kings 16:15-28
(Read 1 Kings 16:15-28)
When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another. Proud aspiring men ruin one another. Omri struggled with Tibni some years. Though we do not always understand the rules by which God governs nations and individuals in his providence, we may learn useful lessons from the history before us. When tyrants succeed each other, and massacres, conspiracies, and civil wars, we may be sure the Lord has a controversy with the people for their sins; they are loudly called to repent and reform. Omri made himself infamous by his wickedness. Many wicked men have been men of might and renown; have built cities, and their names are found in history; but they have no name in the book of life.