The Meaning of 1 Kings 16:18 Explained

1 Kings 16:18

KJV: 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,

YLT: 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,

Darby: 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;

ASV: 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,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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, 

What does 1 Kings 16:18 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 16:15-28 - Persistence In Sinful Ways
These chapters afford a dreary record of apostasy and revolution, of idolatry and national disaster. Perhaps the great mass of the people-the peasantry-were not greatly affected by these dynastic changes, though severe judgments of famine and drought were soon to make the nation realize what an evil and bitter thing it is to desert the Fountain of living waters for broken cisterns that can hold no water, Jeremiah 2:13. Four times in this chapter we meet the phrase, "provoke to anger," 1 Kings 16:7; 1 Kings 16:13; 1 Kings 16:26; 1 Kings 16:33. To idolatry was added intemperance, 1 Kings 16:9, and the fruit was suicide, anarchy, and civil war, 1 Kings 16:18; 1 Kings 16:21-22. But great as these evils were, they were to be surpassed, I Kings 1 Kings 16:30.
The one sufficient bulwark against universal anarchy is the maintenance of true religion. People talk with glib tongues against the Puritan conscience and demand the secularization of the Lord's day, but they are surely imperiling the stability and order of the commonwealth. More than is ordinarily realized are the relations between man and man affected by the relation between the nation and God. The writings of Voltaire helped to bring on the French Revolution; while the religious revivals of the eighteenth century, both in England and in America, contributed greatly to solid national progress. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 16

1  Jehu's prophecy against Baasha
5  Elah succeeds him
8  Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him
11  Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy
15  Omri, made king by the soldiers, forces Zimri desperately to burn himself
21  The kingdom being divided, Omri prevails against Tibni
23  Omri builds Samaria
25  His wicked reign
27  Ahab succeeds him
29  Ahab's most wicked reign
34  Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 16:18 mean?

And it came to pass when saw Zimri that was taken the city that he went into the citadel of house of the king and burned down upon himself - house of the king with fire and died
וַיְהִ֞י כִּרְא֤וֹת זִמְרִי֙ כִּֽי־ נִלְכְּדָ֣ה הָעִ֔יר וַיָּבֹ֖א אֶל־ אַרְמ֣וֹן בֵּית־ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּשְׂרֹ֨ף עָלָ֧יו אֶת־ בֵּֽית־ מֶ֛לֶךְ בָּאֵ֖שׁ וַיָּמֹֽת

וַיְהִ֞י  And  it  came  to  pass 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
כִּרְא֤וֹת  when  saw 
Parse: Preposition-k, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
זִמְרִי֙  Zimri 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זִמְרִי 
Sense: the son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi.
כִּֽי־  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
נִלְכְּדָ֣ה  was  taken 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: לָכַד  
Sense: to capture, take, seize.
הָעִ֔יר  the  city 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
וַיָּבֹ֖א  that  he  went 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֶל־  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אַרְמ֣וֹן  the  citadel 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אַרְמֹון  
Sense: citadel, palace, fortress.
בֵּית־  of  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ  of  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
וַיִּשְׂרֹ֨ף  and  burned  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂרַף  
Sense: to burn.
עָלָ֧יו  upon  himself 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
בֵּֽית־  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
מֶ֛לֶךְ  of  the  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
בָּאֵ֖שׁ  with  fire 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
וַיָּמֹֽת  and  died 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.

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