1 Kings 16:8–28

⁸In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years.

⁹His servant ^aZimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, ^bwho was over the household at Tirzah.

¹⁰Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.

¹¹It came about when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, that ^ahe ¹killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave ²a single male, neither of his ³relatives nor of his friends.

¹²Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, ^aaccording to the word of the Lord, which He spoke against Baasha through ^bJehu the prophet,

¹³for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, ^aprovoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their ¹idols.

^14aNow 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?

¹⁵In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against ^aGibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

¹⁶The people who were camped heard ¹it said, “Zimri has conspired and has also struck down the king.” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

¹⁷Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

¹⁸When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and ^adied,

¹⁹because of his sins which he sinned, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, ^awalking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel sin.

^20aNow the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he ¹carried out, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

²¹Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; the other half followed Omri.

²²But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Omri became king.

²³In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve years; he reigned six years at ^aTirzah.

²⁴He bought the hill ¹Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built ^aSamaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

^25aOmri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and ^bacted more wickedly than all who were before him.

²⁶For he ^awalked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he made Israel sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel with their ¹idols.

²⁷Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he ¹showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

²⁸So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.