And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
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Gill's Exposition
But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath,.... Very probably they had a battle, in which the latter were worsted:
so Tibni died; in the…
Barnes' Notes
Went up - The expression “went up” marks accurately the ascent of the army from the Shephelah, where Gibbethon was situated Jos 19:44, to the hill country of Israel, on the edge of which Tirzah stood…
Solomon observes (Pro 28:2) that for the transgression of a land many were the princes thereof (so it was here in Israel), but by a man of understanding the state thereof shall be prolonged - so it…
Cambridge Bible
and they besieged Tirzah Which must therefore have been a fortified town, and not a mere pleasance of the kings of Israel.
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