King Asa now dismantled the city of Ramah.

He was succeeded by his son Elah. 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. He did more to make the Lord God of Israel furious than all the kings of Israel who came before him.

23 Omri began to rule Israel in Asa’s thirty-first year as king of Judah.


16 The Lord spoke his word to Jehu, Hanani’s son, against Baasha.

The alarmed king of Judah enlisted the aid of Benhadad, king of Syria, and Baasha found himself compelled to abandon his project. Zimri proclaimed himself King of Israel, and began to exterminate the family of Baasha. He also married Jezebel, daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. 30 Ahab, son of Omri, did what the Lord considered evil. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.

Half of the army followed Tibni, son of Ginath, and wanted to make him king. 29 Ahab, son of Omri, began to rule Israel in Asa’s thirty-eighth year as king of Judah. Baasha’s actions, which made the Lord furious, were like the sin of Jeroboam’s family. LISTEN THIS EVERYDAY AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE - Duration: 10:18.

Zimri succeeded Elah as king of Israel. You have led my people to sin, and their sins make me furious.

In Asa's 36th year, King Baasha of Israel attacked the Kingdom of Judah (2 Chronicles 16:1; the Seder Olam and some later commentators take this as the 36th year since the division of the kingdom, not the 36th year of Asa's reign.) Alteratively it could be interpreted as 26th year of Asa's reign and the last year of Baasha's life.

Zimri lived like Jeroboam and led Israel to sin.

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.

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20 Isn’t everything else about Zimri and his plot written in the official records of the kings of Israel? He ruled for 22 years in Samaria. 13 This was for all the sins committed by Baasha and his son Elah.

The other half followed Omri. 10 Zimri entered Arza’s house, attacked Elah, and killed him in Asa’s twenty-seventh year as king of Judah. Summary of King Baasha's sinful reign.