1 Kings 16:7
16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. 1 His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. 2
1 Kings 16:9
16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily 3 at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,
1 Kings 16:16
16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report: 4 “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” 5 So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.
1 tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord came concerning [or “against”] Baasha and his house, and because of all the evil which he did in the eyes of the Lord.”
2 tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”
3 tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”
4 tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”
5 tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”