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When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the fortified part of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
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Verse 18. Himself. Hebrew may also signify, “he (Amri) burnt him.”—Zambri, his rival. But the other sense is more natural. Calmet.—Thus Sardanapalus chose to destroy himself, with all his riches, (Justin i. Athen. xii. 7.) to prevent the dead body from being insulted. It was for this reason the Sylla, the first of the Cornelian family, ordered his remains to be burnt. Cic. Leg. i. Tirinus.
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