1 Kings 16:15-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ So during Asa’s twenty-seventh year as king of Judah, Zimri became king of Israel and ruled in Tirzah seven days.

The ·army of Israel [people] was camped near Gibbethon, a Philistine town. ¹⁶ The men in the camp heard that Zimri had ·made secret plans [plotted; conspired] against King Elah and had killed him. So that day in the camp ·they [^Lall Israel] made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel. ¹⁷ So Omri and all the Israelite army left Gibbethon and ·attacked [besieged] Tirzah. ¹⁸ When Zimri saw that the city had been captured, he went into the ·palace [^Lcitadel of the king’s house] and set it on fire, burning the palace and himself with it. ¹⁹ So Zimri died because he had sinned by doing ·what the Lord said was wrong [^Levil in the eyes/sight of the Lord]. Jeroboam had led the people of Israel to sin, and Zimri ·sinned in the same way as [^Lwalked in the way/path of] Jeroboam.

²⁰ Everything else Zimri did and ·the story of how he turned [his conspiracy] against King Elah ·are [^Lare they not…?] written down in the book of the ·history [chronicles; annals; 14:19] of the kings of Israel.