Study it in the app“In year twenty and seven of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.”
In yearבִּשְׁנַת שָׁנָהtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםand sevenוָשֶׁבַעof Asaלְאָסָאkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהZimriזִמְרִיreignedמָלַךְsevenשִׁבְעַתdaysיָמִיםin Tirzah.בְּתִרְצָהNow the peopleוְהָעָםwere encampedחֹנִיםagainstעַלGibbethon,גִּבְּתוֹןwhichאֲשֶׁרbelonged to the Philistines.לַפְּלִשְׁתִּים
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearsAsa
Asa: a name of uncertain meaning. It is the king of Judah, son of Abijam, who reigned forty-one years and did what was right in the eyes of YHWH (1 Kings 15:9-24); a Levite also bears the name (1 Chronicles 9:16).
Where else “asa” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsZimri
Zimri, a chief of the tribe of Simeon who sinned with a Midianite woman; others bear the same name. The name means "musical."
Where else “zimri” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appearsTirzah
Tirzah, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad; also a city of Canaan. The name means "delight."
Where else “tirtsa” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsencamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “chonim” appearsGibbethon
Gibbethon: a town of Dan, later a Levite city.
Where else “gibton” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appears14The rest of the deeds of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
15 · This verse (above)
16The people who were encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired, and has also struck down the king.” So all Israel made king over Israel Omri, the commander of the army, that day in the camp.
