1 Kings 16:15-20 - The Very Brief Reign Of Zimri In Israel

¹⁵ In the twenty-seventh year of Asa, king of Judah, Zimri was king for seven days in Tirzah. The people were attacking Gibbethon in the land of the Philistines. ¹⁶ The Israelites in the camp heard it said: Zimri plotted against the king and killed him. So all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king that day there in the camp. ¹⁷ Then Omri went up from Gibbethon, with all the army of Israel, and they attacked Tirzah, Israel's capital. ¹⁸ Zimri saw that the city had fallen. So he went into the palace's inner fortress and set the palace on fire. He died in the flames. ¹⁹ This happened because of his sins against Jehovah. Like his predecessor Jeroboam, he displeased Jehovah 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.