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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 .
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And Zimri went in and smote him ,
and killed him ,
in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah ,
and reigned in his stead .
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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 .
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Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha ,
according to the word of the LORD ,
which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet ,
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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 .
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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 ?
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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 .
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And the people that were encamped heard say ,
Zimri hath conspired ,
and hath also slain the king :
wherefore all Israel made Omri ,
the captain of the host ,
king over Israel that day in the camp .
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And Omri went up from Gibbethon ,
and all Israel with him ,
and they besieged Tirzah .
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And it came to pass ,
when Zimri saw that the city was taken ,
that he went into the palace of the king '
s house ,
and burnt the king '
s house over him with fire ,
and died ,
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For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD ,
in walking in the way of Jeroboam ,
and in his sin which he did ,
to make Israel to sin .
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Now the rest of the acts of Zimri ,
and his treason that he wrought ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ?