16. and when they heard that Zimri had plotted against the king and assassinated him, then and there they all proclaimed their commander Omri king of Israel.
17. Omri and his troops left Gibbethon and went and besieged Tirzah.
18. When Zimri saw that the city had fallen, he went into the palace's inner fortress, set the palace on fire, and died in the flames.
19. This happened because of his sins against the Lord. Like his predecessor Jeroboam he displeased the Lord by his own sins and by leading Israel into sin.
20. Everything else that Zimri did, including the account of his conspiracy, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
21. The people of Israel were divided: some of them wanted to make Tibni son of Ginath king, and the others were in favour of Omri.
22. In the end, those in favour of Omri won; Tibni died and Omri became king.
23. So in the 31st year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he ruled for twelve years. The first six years he ruled in Tirzah,
24. and then he bought the hill of Samaria for 6,000 pieces of silver from a man named Shemer. Omri fortified the hill, built a town there, and named it Samaria, after Shemer, the former owner of the hill.
25. Omri sinned against the Lord more than any of his predecessors.