1 Kings 16:9-11

New English Translation

⁹ His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was in Tirzah drinking heavily^[a] at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah, ¹⁰ Zimri came in and struck him dead. (This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king.^{[b] 11} When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends.^[c]