Zimri
And the people [that were] encamped heard say, Zimri hath
conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel
made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day
in the camp....
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And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all
the kings of the Medes,...
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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,...
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Zimri or Zambri (Hebrew: זִמְרִי, Zimrī ; praiseworthy; Latin:
Zambri) was a king of Israel for seven days. William F.
Albright has dated his reign to 876 BCE, while E. R. Thiele
offers the date 885 BCE.[1] His story is told in 1 Kings,
Chapter 16.
He was a commander who murdered king Elah at Tirzah, and
succeeded him as king. However, Zimri r...
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Zimri was the Prince of the Tribe of Simeon during the time of
the Israelites in the desert. At Shittim (Num. 25:6-15) he
took part in the Heresy of Peor, taking as a paramour a
Midianite woman, Cozbi. Zimri openly defied Moses before the
people who were standing at the entrance of the Tabernacle by
going in to the Midianite, but Phinehas, gra...
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1. The son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas
with the Midianitish princess Cozbi. Nu 25:14. (B.C. 1450.)
2. Fifth sovereign of the separate kingdom of Israel,
of which he occupied the throne for the brief period of seven
days, B.C. 930 or 929. Originally in command of half the
chariots in the royal army, he gained the crown by ...
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praise-worthy. (1.) A son of Salu, slain by Phinehas, the son
of
Eleazar, because of his wickedness in bringing a
Midianitish
woman into his tent (Num. 25:6-15).
(2.) Murdered Elah at Tirzah, and succeeded him on the
throne
of Israel (1 Kings 16:8-10). He reigned only seven
days, for
Omri, whom the army elected as king, laid siege to
Tirz...
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1. Numbers 25:8-14. Son of Salu, a chief of Simeon. When
Israel were being plagued for the impure worship of Baal
Peor, and were weeping and craving mercy before the
tabernacle, Zimri shamelessly brought a Midianitess, Cozbi
daughter of Zur, into the dome-shaped tent (qubbah, the al-
cove, or arched inner recess appropriated to the women, or
e...
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zim'-ri (zimri, "wild sheep" or "wild goat"; in 1 Maccabees,
with the King James Version, has Zambri; Codex Sinaiticus has
Zambrei):
(1) A Simeonite prince (Nu 25:14; 1 Macc 2:26), slain by
Phinehas, Aaron's grandson. Nu 25:1-5 records how the
Israelites, while they were at Shittim, began to consort with
Moabite women and "they (i.e. the Moabi...
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-1. A chief of Simeon
Nu 25:6-8,14
-2. King of Israel
1Ki 16:9-20; 2Ki 9:31
-3. Son of Zerah
1Ch 2:6
-4. A Benjamite
1Ch 8:36; 9:42
-5. An unknown place
Jer 25:25...
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