8. Elah, son of Baasha, began to rule Israel in Asa’s twenty-sixth year as Judah’s king. He ruled in Tirzah for two years.
9. But Zimri, the general who commanded half of Elah’s chariots, plotted against him. Elah was getting drunk in Tirzah at Arza’s house. (Arza was in charge of the palace in Tirzah.)
10. Zimri entered Arza’s house, attacked Elah, and killed him in Asa’s twenty-seventh year as king of Judah. Zimri succeeded Elah as king ⌊of Israel⌋.
11. At the beginning of Zimri’s reign, as soon as he was on his throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He didn’t spare any of Baasha’s male relatives or friends.
12. So Zimri destroyed Baasha’s entire family, as the Lord had spoken through the prophet Jehu.
13. This was for all the sins committed by Baasha and his son Elah. They sinned, led Israel to sin, and made the Lord God of Israel furious because of their worthless idols.
14. Isn’t everything else about Elah—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Israel?
15. In Asa’s twenty-seventh year as Judah’s king, Zimri ruled for seven days in Tirzah while the army was camped near the Philistine city of Gibbethon.
16. When the army heard that Zimri had plotted ⌊against the king⌋ and killed him, the Israelite troops in the camp made Omri, the commander of the army, king of Israel.