1 Kings 16:8-15

1 Kings 16:8-15

[8] In the twenty  and sixth  year  of Asa  king  of Judah  began Elah  the son  of Baasha  to reign  over Israel  in Tirzah,  two years.  [9] And his servant  Zimri,  captain  of half  his chariots,  conspired  against him, as he was in Tirzah,  drinking  himself drunk  in the house  of Arza  steward of his house  in Tirzah.  [10] And Zimri  went in  and smote  him, and killed  him, in the twenty  and seventh  year  of Asa  king  of Judah,  and reigned  [11] And it came to pass, when he began to reign,  as soon as he sat  on his throne,  that he slew  all the house  of Baasha:  he left  him not one that pisseth  against a wall,  neither of his kinsfolks,  nor of his friends.  [12] Thus did Zimri  destroy  all the house  of Baasha,  according to the word  which he spake  against Baasha  by  Jehu  the prophet,  [13] For all the sins  of Baasha,  and the sins  of Elah  his son,  by which they sinned,  and by which they made Israel  to sin,  in provoking the LORD  God  of Israel  to anger  with their vanities.  [14] 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?  [15] In the twenty  and seventh  year  of Asa  king  of Judah  did Zimri  reign  seven  days  in Tirzah.  And the people  were encamped  against Gibbethon,  which belonged to the Philistines.