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9 And his servant Zimri conspired against him (commander of half of the chariots) and he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the house in Tirzah. 10 And Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned in his place. 11 And it came to pass when he began to reign, at his sitting on his throne, that he killed all the house of Baasha. He did not leave to him one who urinates against the wall, or of his redeemers, or of his friends. 12 And Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha according to the word of YHWH, which He spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet 13 concerning all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned, and by which they had caused Israel to sin in provoking to anger YHWH, God of Israel, with their idols. 14 And the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Israel? 15 In the twentieth year and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri had reigned seven days in Tirzah, and the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which was to the Philistines. 16 And the people who were encamped heard it, saying, “Zimri has conspired and also has killed the king.” And all Israel made king Omri the commander of the army over Israel that day in the camp. 17 And Omri went up, and all Israel with him, from Gibbethon, and they laid siege against Tirzah. 18 And it came to pass when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the house of the king, and he burned down upon himself the house of the king with the fire, and he died 19 on account of his sins that he sinned in doing evil in the eyes of YHWH, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin that he did, to cause Israel to sin. 20 And the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Israel? 1 Kings 16:9-20, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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