1 Kings 16:9-12

16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily ¹  at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah, 16:10 Zimri came in and struck him dead. (This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king. ²  16:11 When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends. ³  16:12 Zimri destroyed Baasha’s entire family, just as the Lord had predicted to Baasha ⁴  through Jehu the prophet.

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¹ tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”

² tn Heb “and he became king in his place.”

³ tn Heb “and he did not spare any belonging to him who urinate against a wall, [including] his kinsmen redeemers and his friends.”

⁴ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke concerning [or “spoke against”]).”