1 Kings 16
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1 Kings 16:9-12

9His servant 1Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, 2who 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 3he 4killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave 5a single male, neither of his 6relatives nor of his friends.

12Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, 7according to the word of the Lord, which He spoke against Baasha through 8Jehu the prophet,

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 16:9 2 Kin 9:30-33 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 16:9 Gen 24:2; 39:4; 1 Kin 18:3 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 16:11 1 Kin 15:29; 16:3 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 16:11 Lit smote ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 16:11 Lit him who urinates against the wall ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 16:11 Lit redeemers ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 16:12 1 Kin 16:3 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 16:12 2 Chr 19:2; 20:34 ↩

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