1 Kings 16:10

10 inruens ergo Zamri percussit et occidit eum anno vicesimo septimo Asa regis Iuda et regnavit pro eo

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 anno vicesimo sexto Asa regis Iuda regnavit Hela filius Baasa super Israhel in Thersa duobus annis

9 et rebellavit contra eum servus suus Zamri dux mediae partis equitum erat autem Hela in Thersa bibens et temulentus in domo Arsa praefecti Thersa

10 inruens ergo Zamri percussit et occidit eum anno vicesimo septimo Asa regis Iuda et regnavit pro eo

11 cumque regnasset et sedisset super solium eius percussit omnem domum Baasa et non dereliquit ex eo mingentem ad parietem et propinquos et amicos eius

12 delevitque Zamri omnem domum Baasa iuxta verbum Domini quod locutus fuerat ad Baasa in manu Hieu prophetae