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Good News Translation

1 Kings 16:10

Zimri entered the house, assassinated Elah, and succeeded him as king. This happened in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Asa of Judah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anger;   Elah;   Homicide;   Prophecy;   Regicide;   Servant;   Usurpation;   Zimri;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Drunkenness;   Kings;   Murder;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Omri;   Zimri;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Baasha;   Elah;   Zimri;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Elah;   Nadab;   Samaria;   Zimri;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arza;   Drunkenness;   Elah;   Jehu;   Omri;   Zimri;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elah;   Zimri (1);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baasha ;   Elah ;   Tirzah ;   Zimri ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nimshi;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jehu;   Zimri;   Smith Bible Dictionary - E'lah;   Zim'ri;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elah (2);   Jehu;   Zimri (1);   Zimri (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the twenty-seventh year of Judah’s King Asa, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, killing him. Then Zimri became king in his place.
Hebrew Names Version
and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Yehudah, and reigned in his place.
King James Version
And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
English Standard Version
Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
New Century Version
Zimri went into Arza's house and killed Elah during Asa's twenty-seventh year as king of Judah. Then Zimri became king of Israel in Elah's place.
New English Translation
Zimri came in and struck him dead. (This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa's reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king.
Amplified Bible
Then Zimri came in and struck and killed Elah in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.
New American Standard Bible
Then Zimri came in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and he became king in his place.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Zimri came and smote him & killed him, in the seuen and twentie yeere of Asa king of Iudah, and reigned in his stead.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.
Contemporary English Version
when Zimri went there and killed Elah. So Zimri became king in the twenty-seventh year of Asa's rule in Judah.
Complete Jewish Bible
Zimri entered, struck him down and killed him. This was in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Y'hudah; Zimri then took Elah's place as king.
Darby Translation
and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned in his stead.
Easy-to-Read Version
Zimri went into the house and killed King Elah. Then Zimri became the new king of Israel after Elah. This was during the 27th year that Asa was king in Judah.
George Lamsa Translation
And Zimri went in and smote him and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
Lexham English Bible
Zimri came and struck him down and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah and became king in his place.
Literal Translation
And Zimri came in and struck him, and killed him in the twenty seventh year of Asa the king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Simri came in, and slewe him in the seuen & twentieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda, and was kynge in his steade.
American Standard Version
and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
Bible in Basic English
And Zimri went in and made an attack on him and put him to death, in the twenty-seventh year that Asa was king of Judah, and made himself king in his place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Zimri came, and smote him, and killed him in the twentie & seuenth yere of Asa king of Iuda, and raigned in his steade.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
King James Version (1611)
And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twentie and seuenth yeere of Asa king of Iudah, and reigned in his stead.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Zambri went in and smote him and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
English Revised Version
and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
Berean Standard Bible
So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa's reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Zamri felde in, and smoot, and killide hym, in the seuene and twentithe yeer of Asa, kyng of Juda; and regnede for hym.
Young's Literal Translation
And Zimri cometh in and smiteth him, and putteth him to death, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead;
Update Bible Version
and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
World English Bible
and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
New King James Version
And Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
New Living Translation
Zimri walked in and struck him down and killed him. This happened in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa's reign in Judah. Then Zimri became the next king.
New Life Bible
Zimri went in and hit him and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. And Zimri became king in his place.
New Revised Standard
Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa of Judah, and succeeded him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Zimri went in, and smote him and slew him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, - and reigned in his stead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Zambri rushing in, struck him, and slew him, in the seven and twentieth year of Asa, king of Juda and he reigned in his stead.
Revised Standard Version
Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord spoke to the prophet Jehu son of Hanani and gave him this message for Baasha: 2 "You were a nobody, but I made you the leader of my people Israel. And now you have sinned like Jeroboam and have led my people into sin. Their sins have aroused my anger, 3 and so I will do away with you and your family, just as I did with Jeroboam. 4 Any members of your family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and any who die in the open country will be eaten by vultures." 5 Everything else that Baasha did and all his brave deeds are recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel. 6 Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah succeeded him as king. 7 That message from the Lord against Baasha and his family was given by the prophet Jehu because of the sins that Baasha committed against the Lord . He aroused the Lord 's anger not only because of the evil he did, just as King Jeroboam had done before him, but also because he killed all of Jeroboam's family. 8 In the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he ruled in Tirzah for two years. 9 Zimri, one of his officers who was in charge of half of the king's chariots, plotted against him. One day in Tirzah, Elah was getting drunk in the home of Arza, who was in charge of the palace. 10 Zimri entered the house, assassinated Elah, and succeeded him as king. This happened in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Asa of Judah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zimri: 2 Kings 9:31

reigned: 1 Kings 16:15

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 16:23 - the thirty 2 Kings 8:15 - so that he died 2 Kings 15:10 - slew him 1 Chronicles 2:6 - Zimri Jeremiah 41:7 - slew Luke 12:20 - God

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Abram's wife Sarai had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,
Genesis 16:2
and so she said to Abram, "The Lord has kept me from having children. Why don't you sleep with my slave? Perhaps she can have a child for me." Abram agreed with what Sarai said.
Genesis 16:3
So she gave Hagar to him to be his concubine. (This happened after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years.)
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "It's your fault that Hagar despises me. I myself gave her to you, and ever since she found out that she was pregnant, she has despised me. May the Lord judge which of us is right, you or me!"
Genesis 16:6
Abram answered, "Very well, she is your slave and under your control; do whatever you want with her." Then Sarai treated Hagar so cruelly that she ran away.
Genesis 16:7
The angel of the Lord met Hagar at a spring in the desert on the road to Shur
Genesis 16:8
and said, "Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She answered, "I am running away from my mistress."
Genesis 16:9
He said, "Go back to her and be her slave."
Genesis 16:11
You are going to have a son, and you will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your cry of distress.
Genesis 16:12
But your son will live like a wild donkey; he will be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will live apart from all his relatives."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him,.... When in his drunken fit: and this was

in the twenty seventh year of Asa; when Elah had not reigned two full years:

and reigned in his stead; that is, Zimri; his reign was short indeed, but seven days, 1 Kings 16:15.


 
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