[16:15] In the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Zimri ruled in Tirzah over Israel for seven days. The Israelite troops were besieging the city of Gibbethon in Philistia,
[16:16] and when they heard that Zimri had plotted against the king and assassinated him, then and there they all proclaimed their commander Omri king of Israel.
[16:17] Omri and his troops left Gibbethon and went and besieged Tirzah.
[16:18] When Zimri saw that the city had fallen, he went into the palace's inner fortress, set the palace on fire, and died in the flames.
[16:19] This happened because of his sins against the Lord. Like his predecessor Jeroboam, he displeased the Lord by his own sins and by leading Israel into sin.
[16:20] Everything else that Zimri did, including the account of his conspiracy, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.