The Meaning of 1 Kings 16:20 Explained

1 Kings 16:20

KJV: 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?

YLT: 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?

Darby: 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?

ASV: 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?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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? 

What does 1 Kings 16:20 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 16:20 mean?

And the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason - he committed [are] not they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel -
וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י זִמְרִ֔י וְקִשְׁר֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָשָׁ֑ר הֲלֹֽא־ הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־ סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י ؟ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל פ

וְיֶ֙תֶר֙  And  the  rest 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יֶתֶר 
Sense: .
דִּבְרֵ֣י  of  the  acts 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
זִמְרִ֔י  of  Zimri 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זִמְרִי 
Sense: the son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi.
וְקִשְׁר֖וֹ  and  the  treason 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קֶשֶׁר  
Sense: conspiracy, treason, (unlawful) alliance.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  - 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
קָשָׁ֑ר  he  committed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָשַׁר  
Sense: to bind, tie, bind together, league together, conspire.
הֲלֹֽא־  [are]  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
כְּתוּבִ֗ים  written 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: כָּתַב  
Sense: to write, record, enrol.
סֵ֛פֶר  the  book 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: סֵפֶר 
Sense: book.
הַיָּמִ֖ים  the  chronicles 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
לְמַלְכֵ֥י  of  the  kings 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
؟ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation