Zimri was chief of half of the tanks of Éla, king of Israel and wire of Baecha, king d' Israël before him.
Biblical account
Zimri benefitted from an intoxication of the king to revolt against him and to kill it in Tirsa where the king resided. This the 2° year of the reign of Éla and the 27° year of the reign of Asa, king d' Israël.
Zimri made die then all the males of the family of Baecha. Zimri was the instrument of the anger of Yahweh, God of Israel, for the sins that those had made against him.
Zimri reigned only 7 days. after which the people of Israel raised themselves, and Zimri, besieged in the palate of the king, fire put at the citadel and perishes there.
It did not have a heir with the throne to Israel, and
Omri, chief of the army, succeeded to him as king after having made kill Tibni, wire of Guinat, which disputed the throne to him.
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