1 Kings 16 · Verse 9

1 Kings 16:9

And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
1 Kings 16:9, King James Version

1 Kings 16:9 in other translations

BSBHowever, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
WEBHis servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;
ASVAnd his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah:
YLTand conspire against him doth his servant Zimri (head of the half of the chariots) and he is in Tirzah drinking--a drunkard in the house of Arza, who is over the house in Tirzah.
DARBYAnd his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him; and he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was the steward of his house in Tirzah;
BBEAnd his servant Zimri, captain of half his war-carriages, made secret designs against him: now he was in Tirzah, drinking hard in the house of Arza, controller of the king's house in Tirzah.
WebsterAnd his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

What does 1 Kings 16:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 16:9-12
9-12. Zimri ... conspired against him--"Arza which was over his house." During a carousal in the house of his chamberlain, Zimri slew him, and having seized the sovereignty, endeavored to consolidate his throne by the massacre of all the royal race.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Captain of half his chariots - It is probable that Zimri, and some other who is not here named, were commanders of the cavalry.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 16:1-14

This chapter relates wholly to the kingdom of Israel, and the revolutions of that kingdom. God calls Israel his people still, though wretchedly corrupted. Jehu foretells the same destruction to come upon Baasha's family, which that king had been employed to bring upon the family of Jeroboam. Those who resemble others in their sins, may expect to resemble them in the plagues they suffer, especially those who seem…

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1 Kings 16:9 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤רvai.yik.Shorand he conspiredH7194
עָלָיו֙'a.Lavon himH5921
עַבְדּ֣וֹav.Doservant hisH5650
זִמְרִ֔יzim.RiZimriH2174
שַׂ֖רsar[the] commander ofH8269
מַחֲצִ֣יתma.cha.Tzit<the> half ofH4276
הָרָ֑כֶבha.Ra.khevthe chariotryH7393
וְה֤וּאve.Hu'and heH1931
בְתִרְצָה֙ve.tir.Tzahin TirzahH8656
שֹׁתֶ֣הsho.Teh[was] drinkingH8354
שִׁכּ֔וֹרshi.KordrunkenH7910
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
אַרְצָ֔א'ar.Tza'ArzaH777
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhoH834
עַל\־'al-[was] overH5921
הַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitthe householdH1004
בְּתִרְצָֽה\׃be.tir.Tzahin TirzahH8656

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Cross references for 1 Kings 16:9

  • 1 Kings 18:3

    And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:

  • Daniel 5:1-4

    Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

  • Genesis 39:4

    And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

  • Genesis 24:2

    And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

  • Nahum 1:10

    For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

  • 1 Samuel 25:36-38

    And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.

  • 2 Kings 9:30-33

    And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.

  • 2 Kings 15:10

    And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

  • Genesis 39:9

    There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

  • Daniel 5:30

    In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

  • Matthew 24:49-51

    And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • 1 Kings 20:16

    And they went out at noon. But Ben–hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
his servant.
2Ki 9:31
conspired.
15:27; 2Ki 9:14; 12:20; 15:10,25,30
drinking.
20:16; 1Sa 25:36-38; 2Sa 13:28,29; Pr 23:29-35; Jer 51:57
Da 5:1-4,30; Na 1:10; Hab 2:15,16; Mt 24:49-51; Lu 21:34
steward of. Heb. which was over.
Ge 15:2; 24:2,10; 39:4,9

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Context

  • 1 Kings 16:8

    In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

  • 1 Kings 16:9

    And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

  • 1 Kings 16:10

    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.

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1 Kings 16:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
E hizo conjuración contra él su siervo Zimri, comandante de la mitad de los carros. Y estando él en Thirsa, bebiendo y embriagado en casa de Arsa su mayordomo en Thirsa,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et son serviteur Zimri, chef de la moitié de ses chars, conspira contre lui. Et il était à Thirtsa, buvant et s’enivrant dans la maison d’Artsa, qui était préposé sur sa maison à Thirtsa.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sein Knecht Simri, der Oberste über die Hälfte der Wagen, machte eine Verschwörung wider ihn. Er aber trank und berauschte sich zu Tirza, im Hause Arzas, der über das Haus zu Tirza war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et rebellavit contra eum servus suus Zambri, dux mediæ partis equitum: erat autem Ela in Thersa bibens, et temulentus in domo Arsa præfecti Thersa.