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?] See ( 1 Kings 16:5 ) .
12
So Zimri put to death all the family of Baasha, so that the word which the Lord said against him by the mouth of Jehu the prophet came about;
13
Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish acts.
14
Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
15
In the twenty-seventh year of Asa, king of Judah, Zimri was king for seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were attacking Gibbethon in the land of the Philistines.
16
And news came to the people in the tents that Zimri had made a secret design and had put the king to death: so all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king that day in the tents.
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