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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

Story guide: Elah drinks in Arza's house in Tirzah as Zimri moves against him.

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9But his servant Zimri, commander of half the chariot force, conspired against him while Elah was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the royal household in Tirzah.

10Then Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa's reign as king of Judah. He became king in Elah's place.

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