1 Kings 16:18

New Century Version

When Zimri saw that the city had been captured, he went into the palace and set it on fire, burning the palace and himself with it.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down over himself. He died

Hebrew Names Version
It happened, 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,

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire and died,

New English Translation
When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames.

Amplified Bible
When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the fortress of the king's palace; and while inside, he set fire to the king's palace and died,

New American Standard Bible
When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over himself with fire, and died,

Geneva Bible (1587)
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,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that when Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died,

Contemporary English Version
When Zimri saw that the town was captured, he ran into the strongest part of the palace and killed himself by setting it on fire.

Complete Jewish Bible
When Zimri saw that the city had been captured, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and burned down the royal palace over him, so that he died.

Darby Translation
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;

Easy-to-Read Version
When Zimri saw the city had been captured, he ran to the palace fortress, but the soldiers burned it down with him still in it.

George Lamsa Translation
And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the shrine of the kings house and burned the kings house over him with fire, and died,

Good News Translation
When Zimri saw that the city had fallen, he went into the palace's inner fortress, set the palace on fire, and died in the flames.

Lexham English Bible
It happened that when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went to the citadel fortress of the house of the king, and he burnt the house of the king over him with fire so that he died.

Literal Translation
And it happened when Zimri saw that the city would be captured he came into a high place of the king and burned the house of the king with fire over him, and died,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But whan Simri sawe yt the cite shulde be wonne, he wente in to the palace in the kynges house, & brent it with ye kynges house, & dyed

American Standard Version
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,

Bible in Basic English
And when Zimri saw that the town was taken, he went into the inner room of the king's house, and burning the house over his head, came to his end,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when Zimri sawe that the citie must needes be taken, he went into the palace of the kinges house, and burnt him selfe & the kinges house with fyre, and so dyed

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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;

King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe when Zimri saw that the citie was taken, that hee went into the palace of the kings house, and burnt the kings house ouer him with fire, and died,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass when Zambri saw that his city was taken, that he goes into the inner chamber of the house of the king, and burnt the king’s house over him, and died.

English Revised Version
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,

Berean Standard Bible
When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sothely Zamri siy, that the citee schulde be ouercomun, and he entride in to the palis, and brente hym silf with the kyngis hows;

Young's Literal Translation
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,

Update Bible Version
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,

Webster's Bible Translation
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,

World English Bible
It happened, 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,

New King James Version
And it happened, 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 down upon himself with fire, and died,

New Living Translation
When Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the citadel of the palace and burned it down over himself and died in the flames.

New Life Bible
When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into an inside room of the king's house. And he burned the king's house over him with fire, and died.

New Revised Standard
When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house; he burned down the king's house over himself with fire, and died—

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was captured, that he entered into the citadel of the house of the king, - and burned over him the house of the king, with fire, and died:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Zambri, seeing that the city was about to be taken, went into the palace, and burnt himself with the king’s house: and he died

Revised Standard Version
And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house, and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died,

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ So during Asa's twenty-seventh year as king of Judah, Zimri became king of Israel and ruled in Tirzah seven days. The army of Israel was camped near Gibbethon, a Philistine town. ¹⁶ The men in the camp heard that Zimri had made secret plans against King Elah and had killed him. So that day in the camp they made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel. ¹⁷ So Omri and all the Israelite army left Gibbethon and attacked Tirzah. ¹⁸ When Zimri saw that the city had been captured, he went into the palace and set it on fire, burning the palace and himself with it. ¹⁹ So Zimri died because he had sinned by doing what the Lord said was wrong. Jeroboam had led the people of Israel to sin, and Zimri sinned in the same way as Jeroboam. ²⁰ Everything else Zimri did and the story of how he turned against King Elah are written down in the book of the history of the kings of Israel. ²¹ The people of Israel were divided into two groups. Half of the people wanted Tibni son of Ginath to be king, while the other half wanted Omri. ²² Omri's followers were stronger than the followers of Tibni son of Ginath, so Tibni died, and Omri became king. ²³ Omri became king of Israel during the thirty-first year Asa was king of Judah. Omri ruled Israel for twelve years, six of those years in the city of Tirzah. ²⁴ He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for about one hundred fifty pounds of silver. Omri built a city on that hill and called it Samaria after the name of its earlier owner, Shemer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and burnt the king's house: Judges 9:54, 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Samuel 31:5, 2 Samuel 17:23, Job 2:9, Job 2:10, Matthew 27:5

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:15 - so that he died 1 Chronicles 2:6 - Zimri 1 Chronicles 10:4 - Saul took Hosea 7:7 - devoured Acts 16:27 - he drew

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, that when Zimri saw that the city was taken,.... That Omri, and the army with him, had got into it, being a place not much fortified, and Zimri not having force enough to defend it against such an army:

that he went into the palace of the king's house; into the innermost and most splendid, as well as the strongest part of it:

and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and he died; that he might not fall into the hands of his rival, who he might fear would use him ill, and that he might not enjoy the royal palace; though Kimchi thinks that Omri set fire to the palace, and burnt it over the head of Zimri, in which he perished; and this sense the text will bear.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The palace of the king’s house - The tower of the king’s house. A particular part of the palace - either the “harem,” or, more probably, the keep or citadel, a tower stronger and loftier than the rest of the palace.

Zimri’s desperate act has been repeated more than once. That the last king of Assyria, the Sardanapalus of the Greeks, thus destroyed himself, is almost the only “fact” which we know concerning him.