1 Kings 16:20

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 1 Kings 16:20 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Now the rest of the matters of Zimri and his conspiracy that he conspired, are they not written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Israel?

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    As for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    As for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And the rest of the actes of Zimri, and his treason that hee wrought, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kinges of Israel?
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    But the rest of the acts of Zambri, and of his conspiracy and tyranny, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and the rest of the matters of Zimri, and his conspiracy that he made, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the rest of the matters of Zimri and his conspiracy that he made, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    As for the other matters concerning Zimri, and the treason that he carried out, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel?
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Now the rest of the matters of Zimri and his conspiracy that he conspired, are they not written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Israel?
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his conspiracy which he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he committed, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    The rest of what happened in Zimri's reign and his rebellion are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the secret design he made, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Literal Standard Version (2020), Covenant Press — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). Unlocked Literal Bible (unfoldingWord) — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult). Free Bible Version, Dr. Jonathan Gallagher — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org).

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זִמְרִ֔י
Zimrîy
H2174
“Zimri”
Noun, Proper
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Proper
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H2167

TWOT: None

Zimri = "my music" - the son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi - 5th king of the northern kingdom, murderer of the king, Elah, who reigned for 7 days before he killed himself by setting the palace on fire and was replaced by the general of the army, Omri - one of the five sons of Zerah and grandson of Judah - son of Jehoadah and descendant of Saul - an obscure name mentioned in connection with 'the mingled people' in Jeremiah; may be same as 'Zimran'
  1. וְיֶ֨תֶר֙ yether H3499 “and · remainder of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  2. דִּבְרֵ֣י dâbâr H1697 “words of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  3. וְקִשְׁר֖וֹ qesher H7195 “and · conspiracy · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  4. אֲשֶׁ֣ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  5. קָשָׁ֑ר qâshar H7194 “to bind” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  6. הֲלֹֽא lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Interrogative + Particle, Negative
  7. הֵ֣ם hêm H1992 “they” Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  8. כְּתוּבִ֗ים kâthab H3789 “written” Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  9. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  10. סֵ֛פֶר çêpher H5612 “book of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  11. דִּבְרֵ֥י dâbâr H1697 “words of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  12. הַיָּמִ֖ים yôwm H3117 “the · days” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  13. לְמַלְכֵ֥י melek H4428 “to/for · kings of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  14. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yisrâʼêl H3478 “Israel” Noun, Proper

About this verse

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15
words
14
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is זִמְרִ֔י Zimri H2174 — appearing just 15 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

זִמְרִ֔י Zimri H2174 occurs in 13 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 9 nouns
  • 1 pronoun
  • 1 preposition
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • קָשָׁ֑ר Qal · Perfect
  • כְּתוּבִ֗ים Qal · Participle Passive

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • דִּבְרֵ֣י word H1697 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 28 words from the Hebrew and 30 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 15 Hebrew tokens and 24 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 1 Kings 16:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 1 Kings 16:5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • 1 Kings 16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • 1 Kings 16:27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shown, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • 1 Kings 14:19 The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
  • 1 Kings 15:31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • 1 Kings 22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 1 Kings 16:20 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְיֶ֨תֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י זִמְרִ֔י וְקִשְׁר֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָשָׁ֑ר הֲלֹֽא הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Kings 16:20 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ λοιπός ὁ λόγος ζαμβρι καί ὁ σύναψις αὐτός ὅς συνἅπτω οὐ ἰδού οὗτος γράφω ἐν βιβλίον λόγος ὁ ἡμέρα ὁ βασιλεύς ἰσραήλ

And the rest of the history of Zambri, and his conspiracies wherein he conspired, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    וּשְׁאַר פִּתְגָמֵי זִמְרִי וּמֵירְדֵיהּ דִמְרַד הֲלָא אִינוּן כְּתִיבִין עַל סְפַר פִּתְגָמֵי יוֹמִין לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on 1 Kings 16:20 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

1Ki 16:20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Ver. 20. Are they not written?] See 1Ki 14:19.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord,.... Openly and publicly, as if it were in defiance of him:

and did worse than all that were before him; taking no warning by the judgments inflicted on them, which aggravated his sins; and besides, he not only worshipped the calves, as the rest, and drew Israel by his example into the same, as they did, but he published edicts and decrees, obliging them to worship them, and forbidding them to go to Jerusalem, called "the statutes of Omri", Mic 6:16.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

20. His treason that he wrought — Literally, his conspiracy which he conspired.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Now the rest of the acts of Zimri We see here the tendency of the historian to express himself in formulae. He checks himself, however, and does not add "and all that he did," etc., and his treason that he wrought Heb. his conspiracy which he conspired. Though this was all there was to tell of him, yet no doubt it would be recorded at greater length by the historians of the day. We can hardly suppose that the "books of the words of the days" would dismiss so striking an event in a few sentences, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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1 Kings, in the Historical, opens this verse with 15 words (14 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Zimrîy (“Zimri”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “Zimri” (Zimrîy) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. Numbers 25:14 shares the word «Zimri» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “word” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  5. The verb «קָשָׁ֑ר» is Qal Perfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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