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In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah ,
Elah the son of Ba '
asha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah ,
and reigned two years .
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But his servant Zimri ,
commander of half his chariots ,
conspired against him .
When he was at Tirzah ,
drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza ,
who was over the household in Tirzah ,
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Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him ,
in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah ,
and reigned in his stead .
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When he began to reign ,
as soon as he had seated himself on his throne ,
he killed all the house of Ba '
asha ;
he did not leave him a single male of his kinsmen or his friends .
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Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Ba '
asha ,
according to the word of the LORD ,
which he spoke against Ba '
asha by Jehu the prophet ,
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for all the sins of Ba '
asha and the sins of Elah his son which they sinned ,
and which they made Israel to sin ,
provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols .
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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 ?