1 Kings 16:10-20

10 Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh * year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.
11 It came about when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, that 1he killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave a single male *, neither of his relatives nor of his friends.
12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, 2according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasha through 3Jehu the prophet,
13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, 4provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols.
14 5Now 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 seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against 6Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
16 The people who were camped heard it said, "Zimri has conspired and has also struck down 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 him with fire, and 7died,
19 because of his sins which he sinned, doing evil in the sight of the LORD, 8walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel sin.
20 9Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he carried out, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Israel?

Cross References 9

  • 1. 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 16:3
  • 2. 1 Kings 16:3
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 20:34
  • 4. Deuteronomy 32:21; 1 Kings 15:30
  • 5. 1 Kings 16:5
  • 6. 1 Kings 15:27
  • 7. 1 Samuel 31:4, 5; 2 Samuel 17:23
  • 8. 1 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 15:26
  • 9. 1 Kin 16:5, 14, 27

Footnotes 6

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