In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines,
Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree.
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, “Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?”
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years.
and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,
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