1 Kings 16:10

10 And Zimri went in and smote him and killed him, in the year twenty-seven of Asa, king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

1 Kings 16:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:10

And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him
When in his drunken fit: and this was

in the twenty seventh year of Asa;
when Elah had not reigned two full years:

and reigned in his stead;
that is, Zimri; his reign was short indeed, but seven days, ( 1 Kings 16:15 ) .

1 Kings 16:10 In-Context

8 In the year twenty-six of Asa, king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years.

9 And his slave 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.

10 And Zimri went in and smote him and killed him, in the year twenty-seven of Asa, king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he smote all the house of Baasha; he left him not one that pisses against a wall, neither of his kinsfolk, {Heb. redeemers}, nor of his friends.

12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu, the prophet,