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Zimri conspires against Elah in Arza’s house while Elah drinks; portray the coup with restraint.
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1 Kings 16:9-10

Zimri kills Elah

The House of Omri and Ahab · 1 Kings 16

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9But his servant Zimri, commander of half the chariots, conspired against him while he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah.

10Then Zimri came in, struck him down, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned in his place.

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