11:016:009 And his servant Zimri, captain of half
his chariots, conspired
against
him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in
the
house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
11:016:010 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed
him, in the twenty
and
seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his
stead.
11:016:011 And it came to pass, when he began to reign,
as soon as he sat
on
his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha:
he left
him
not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his
kinsfolks,
nor of his friends.
11:016:012 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of
Baasha, according to
the
word of the lord, which he spake against Baasha
by Jehu
the
prophet.
11:016:013 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins
of Elah his son, by
which
they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin,
in
provoking
the lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
11:016:014 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all
that he did, are
they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of
Israel?
11:016:015 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king
of Judah did Zimri
reign
seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped
against
Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
11:016:016 And the people that were encamped heard
say, Zimri hath
conspired,
and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel
made
Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that
day
in
the camp.
11:016:017 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all
Israel with him, and
they
besieged Tirzah.
11:016:018 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that
the city was taken,
that
he went into the palace of the king’s house,
and burnt
the
king’s house over him with fire, and died.
11:016:019 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil
in the sight of the
lord,
in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which
he
did, to make Israel to sin.
11:016:020 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?
11:016:021 Then were the people of Israel divided
into two parts: half of
the
people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him
king;
and
half followed Omri.
11:016:022 But the people that followed Omri prevailed
against the people
that
followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died,
and Omri
reigned.
11:016:023 In the thirty and first year of Asa king
of Judah began Omri
to
reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned
he in
Tirzah.


