1Ki 16:8-9 | ESV | STEP | In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah , Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah , and he reigned two years .

1 Kings 16:8-9

Elah Reigns in Israel

8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years. 9 But his servant ^aZimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, ^bwho was over the household in Tirzah,