1 Kings 16:9

16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily ¹  at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,

1 Kings 16:12

16:12 Zimri destroyed Baasha’s entire family, just as the Lord had predicted to Baasha ²  through Jehu the prophet.

1 Kings 16:15

Zimri’s Reign over Israel

16:15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri became king over Israel; he ruled for seven days in Tirzah. Zimri’s revolt took place while the army was deployed ³  in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory.

1 Kings 16:18

16:18 When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames. ⁴ 

1 Kings 16:20

16:20 The rest of the events of Zimri’s reign, including the details of his revolt, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ⁵ 

1 Kings 16:16

16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report: ⁶  “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” ⁷  So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.

¹ tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”

² tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke concerning [or “spoke against”]).”

³ tn Heb “Now the people were encamped.

⁴ tn Heb “and he burned the house of the king over him with fire and he died.”

⁵ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Zimri, and his conspiracy which he conspired, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

⁶ tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”

⁷ tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”