1Ki 16:9-20 | NASB2020 | STEP | And his servant Zimri , commander of half his chariots , conspired against him. Now Elah was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza , who was in charge of the household in Tirzah .

1 Kings 16:9-20

9 And his servant ^aZimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now ^{▼▼Lit he}Elah was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, ^cwho was in charge of the household in Tirzah. 10 Then Zimri came in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and he became king in his place. 11 And when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, ^dhe ^{▼▼Lit struck}killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave ^{▼▼Lit him who urinates against the wall}a single male alive, either of his ^{▼▼Lit blood avengers}relatives or of his friends.

12 So Zimri eliminated all the household of Baasha, ^hin accordance with the word of the Lord which He spoke against Baasha through ⁱJehu the prophet, 13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of his son Elah, which they ^{▼▼Lit sinned}committed and into which they misled Israel, ^kprovoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their ^{▼▼Lit non-existing things}idols. 14 ^mNow as for 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?

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned for seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were camped against ⁿGibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 16 And the people who were camped heard ^{▼▼Lit saying}it being said, “Zimri has conspired and has also struck and killed the king!” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17 Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah. 18 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over himself with fire, and ^pdied, 19 because of his sins which he ^{▼▼Lit sinned}committed, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, ^rwalking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he committed, misleading Israel into sin. 20 ^sNow as for the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he ^{▼▼Lit conspired}carried out, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?