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Zimri ("praiseworthy"), was king of Israel for seven days. Albright has dated his reign to 876 BC , while Thiele offers the date 885 BC . His story is told in 1 Kings , Chapter 16. He was a chariot commander who murdered king Elah at Tirzah , and succeeded him as king. However, Zimri reigned only seven days, because the army elected Omri as king, and with their support laid siege to Tirzah. Finding his position untenable, Zimri set fire to the palace and perished. Omri became king only after four years of fierce war with Tibni , another claimant to the throne of Israel. The name Zimri became a byword for a traitor who murdered his master. When Jehu led a bloody military revolt to seize the throne of Israel, killed both Jehoram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah, and entered the citadel of Jezreel to execute Queen Jezebel , she greeted him with the words: "Is it peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?" (2 Kings 9:31). In John Dryden 's Absalom and Achitophel , the character of Zimri stands for the Duke of Buckingham . v t e1
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Zimri may refer to: Either of two characters in the Bible: Zimri (prince) , the Prince of the Tribe of Simeon during the time of the Israelites were in the desert Zimri (king) , King of Israel after Elah and before Omri Zimri (nation) , a nation mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah Zimri (tribe) , a Pashtun tribe in Pakistan Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Zimri .If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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Zimri may refer to: Either of two people in the Bible: Zimri (prince) , the Prince of the Tribe of Simeon during the time when the Israelites were in the desert Zimri (king) , King of Israel after Elah and before Omri Zimri (nation) , a nation mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah Zimri (tribe) , a Pashtun tribe in Pakistan Leah Horowitz (runner) (Leah Horowitz-Zimri, born 1933), Israeli Olympic hurdler Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Zimri . If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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Zimri may refer to: Either of two people in the Bible: Zimri (prince) , the Prince of the Tribe of Simeon during the time when the Israelites were in the desert Zimri (king) , King of Israel after Elah and before Omri Zimri (nation) , a nation mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah Zimri (tribe) , a Pashtun tribe in Pakistan Leah Horowitz (runner) (Leah Horowitz-Zimri, born 1933), Israeli Olympic hurdler Zimri D. Thomas (1809–1892), American politician Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Zimri . If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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king of israel for seven days
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in the desert zimri
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