{"id":62623,"date":"2019-09-09T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=62623"},"modified":"2023-04-04T09:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T06:15:42","slug":"how-did-king-zimri-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/how-did-king-zimri-die\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did King Zimri Die?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[569,926],"acf":{"old_id":"62623","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":61002,"related_cahpter":"303","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Was it suicide - or regicide?","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Translation is always an interpretation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verse 18 in our chapter is translated by JPS: &#8220;When Zimri saw that the town was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and burned down the royal palace over himself. And so he died&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to this\u00a0 translation and interpretation, King Zimri commited suicide. But it is not the only possible translation nor the only possible interpretation of this verse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verse 18 can be translated alternatively: &#8220;When Zimri saw that the town was taken (by Omri), he (Zimri) went into the citadel of the royal palace. So he (Omri) burned down the royal palace over him (Zimri). And so he (Zimri) died&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the alternative interpretation, King Zimri tried to survive behind the walls of the most secure place in the capital \u2013 the citadel of the royal palace of Tirzah. Maybe Zimri hoped that Omri would not dare to ruin such a beauty (Song of Songs 6, 4) as the Germans in World War 2 hoped no one would bomb beautiful Dresden. 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