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 ) .
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So Zimri destroyed all of Baasha's family just as the Lord had said it would happen through the prophet Jehu.
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Baasha and his son Elah sinned and led the people of Israel to sin, and they made the Lord, the God of Israel, angry because of their worthless idols.
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Everything else Elah did is written in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.
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So during Asa's twenty-seventh year as king of Judah, Zimri became king of Israel and ruled in Tirzah seven days. The army of Israel was camped near Gibbethon, a Philistine town.
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The men in the camp heard that Zimri had made secret plans against King Elah and had killed him. So that day in the camp they made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.