1 Kings 16:15-20

International Standard Version

Zimri Reigns over Israel

¹⁵ Zimri reigned for seven days at Tirzah during the twenty-seventh year of the reign of^[a] King Asa of Judah. At that time, the army was encamped in a siege against Gibbethon of Philistia. ¹⁶ The army at the encampment heard this report: “Zimri has conspired against the king and killed him.” So the entire army of^[b] Israel made Omri, their commander, king over Israel. ¹⁷ Then Omri and the entire army of^[c] Israel left from Gibbethon and attacked Tirzah. ¹⁸ When Zimri observed that the city had been captured, he retreated into the king’s palace, set fire to the citadel, and died when the palace burned down around him ¹⁹ because of the sins that he committed by doing what the Lord considered to be evil, living like Jeroboam did, and sinning so as to lead Israel into sin. ²⁰ The rest of Zimri’s accomplishments, including his conspiracy that he carried out, are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel, are they not?