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<p> '''1.''' &nbsp;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 else a tent appropriated to Peor's vile worship) in sight of Moses and the congregation. [[Phinehas]] gained his "everlasting priesthood" by his zeal in thrusting both through, so that the plague was stayed. </p> <p> '''2.''' Fifth sovereign of northern Israel; originally captain of half Elah's chariots; reigned only seven days, after having slain [[Elah]] son of Baasha, (while drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah), and then all the house of Baasha, fulfilling the prophet Jehu's words: 929, 930 B.C. (&nbsp;1 Kings 16:1-4; &nbsp;1 Kings 16:8-13; &nbsp;1 Kings 16:15-20.) But the army then besieging the [[Philistine]] town [[Gibbethon]] proclaimed their captain [[Omri]] king; he marched against [[Tirzah]] and took it. Then Zimri burnt the palace over him and died. Thus treason punished treason; the slayer is slain. As [[Baasha]] conspired against Nadab, so Zimri against his son, and Omri against Zimri (&nbsp;Revelation 13:10; &nbsp;Matthew 26:52). </p> <p> '''3.''' One of Zerah's five sons (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:6). </p> <p> '''4.''' Jehoadah's son; sprung from Saul (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:36; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:42). </p> <p> '''5.''' A tribe of "the sons of the East" (&nbsp;Jeremiah 25:25); some identify them with the Zubra between [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]] (&nbsp;Genesis 25:2). </p>

<li> Murdered Elah at Tirzah, and succeeded him on the throne of Israel (&nbsp;1 Kings 16:8-10 ). He reigned only seven days, for Omri, whom the army elected as king, laid siege to Tirzah, whereupon Zimri set fire to the palace and perished amid its ruins (11-20). Omri succeeded to the throne only after four years of fierce war with Tibni, another claimant to the throne. <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]]  Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Zimri'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/z/zimri.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> [[Zimri]] ( ''Zĭm'Rî'' ). 1. A Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas. &nbsp;Numbers 25:14. 2. Fifth king of the separate kingdom of Israel for seven days. He gained the crown by the murder of king Elah, but the army made Omri king, and Zimri retreated into the innermost part of the palace, set it on fire, and perished in the ruins. &nbsp;1 Kings 16:9-20. </p>

<p> (Heb. Zimni', '''''זַמַרַי''''' , ''My Song'' or ''Celebrated;'' Sept. '''''Ζαμβρί''''' ; Josephus, '''''Ζαμάρης''''' , ''Ant.'' 8:12, 5; Vulg. [[Zambri]] ) '','' the name of several Hebrews, and apparently one foreign tribe. </p> <p> '''1.''' First named of the five sons of [[Zerah]] the son of Judah (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:6). B.C. post 1874. </p> <p> '''2.''' The son of Salu, a Simeonitish chieftain slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi (&nbsp;Numbers 25:14). B.C. 1618. When the [[Israelites]] at [[Shittim]] were smitten with plagues for their impure worship of Baal Peor, and were weeping before the tabernacle, Zimri, with a shameless disregard of his own high position and the sufferings of his tribe, brought into their presence the Midianites, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation. The fierce anger of Phinehas was aroused, and in the swift vengeance with which he pursued the offenders, he gave the first indication of that uncompromising spirit which characterized him in later life. The whole circumstance is much softened in the narrative of [[Josephus]] (Ant. 4:6, 10-12), and in the hands of the: apologist is divested of all its vigor and point. In the [[Targum]] of [[Jonathan]] ben-Uzziel several traditional details are added. Zimri retorts upon Moses that he himself had taken to wife a Midianitess, and twelve miraculous signs attend the vengeance of Phinehas. (See Phinehas). </p> <p> In describing the scene of this tragedy an unusual word is employed the force of which is lost in the rendering, "tent" of the A.V. of &nbsp;Numbers 25:8. It was not the ohel or ordinary tent of the encampment, but the '''''קָה''''' , kupbah (whence Span. alcoba and our alcove), or dome-shaped tent to which Phinehas pursued his victims. Whether this was the tent which Zimri occupied as chief of his tribe, and which was in consequence more elaborate and highly ornamented than the rest, or whether it was, as [[Gesenius]] suggests, one of the tents which the [[Midianites]] used for the worship of Peor, is not to be determined, though the latter is favored by the rendering of the Vulg. lupanar. The word does not occur elsewhere in Hebrew. In the [[Syriac]] it is rendered a "cell," or inner apartment of the tent. See Harem. </p> <p> '''3.''' The son of [[Azmaveth]] (rather [[Jehoadah]] or Jarah) and father of [[Moza]] in the lineage of king Saul (1 Chronicles 3:36; 9:42). B.C. cir. 945. </p> <p> '''4.''' The fifth sovereign of the separate kingdom of Israel, of which he occupied the throne for the brief period of seven days in the year B.C. 926. Originally in command of half the chariots in the royal army, he gained the crown by the murder of king Elah son of Baasha, who, after reigning for something more than a year (comp. &nbsp;1 Kings 16:8; &nbsp;1 Kings 16:10), was indulging in a drunken revel in the house of his steward [[Arza]] at Tirzah, then the capital. In the midst of this festivity Zimri killed him, and immediately afterwards all the rest of Baasha's family. But the army which at that time was besieging the Philistine town of Gibbethon, when they heard of Elah's murder, proclaimed their general Omri king. He immediately marched against Tirzah and took the city. Zimri retreated into the innermost part of the late king's palace, set it on fire, and perished in the ruins (&nbsp;1 Kings 16:9-20). Ewald's inference from Jezebel's speech to [[Jehu]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 9:31) that on Elah's death the queen mother welcomed his murderer with smiles and blandishments seems rather arbitrary and far-fetched. The word is '''''אִרַמוֹן''''' , which Ewald (after J. D. Michaelis) in both the above passages insists on translating "harem," with which word he thinks that it is etymologically connected, and hence seeks confirmation of his view that Zimri was a voluptuous slave of women. But its root seems to be '''''אָרִם''''' "to be high" (Gesenius); and in other passages, especially &nbsp;Proverbs 18:19, the meaning is "a lofty fortress," rather than "a harem." Ewald, in his sketch of Zimri, is perhaps somewhat led astray by the desire of finding a historical parallel with Sardanapalus. (See Israel). </p> <p> '''5.''' An obscure name, mentioned (&nbsp;Jeremiah 20:5) in probable connection with Dedan, Tema, Buz, [[Arabia]] ( '''''עֲרָב''''' , the mingled people "ereb'" ( '''''הָעֶרֶב''''' ) all of which immediately precede it, besides other peoples, and followed by Elam, the Medes, and others. The passage is of wide comprehension, but the reference, as indicated above, seems to be to a tribe of the sons of the East, the Beni-Kedem. Nothing further is known respecting Zimri, but it may possibly be the same as, or derived from, ZIMRAN (See Zimran) (q.v.). </p>