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In the twenty-seventh*year of Asaking of Judah, Zimrireignedsevendays at Tirzah. Now the people were campedagainstGibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
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The people who were campedheard it said, "Zimri has conspired and has alsostruckdown the king." Therefore allIsraelmadeOmri, the commander of the army, kingoverIsrael that day in the camp.
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because of his sinswhich he sinned, doingevil in the sight of the LORD, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sinwhich he did, making Israelsin.
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Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracywhich he carried out, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles* of the Kings of Israel?
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Then the people of Israel were divided into twoparts: half of the peoplefollowed*Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; the other halffollowedOmri.
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He bought the hillSamaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named* the citywhich he builtSamaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.