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The opening as it read in 2010

Albright has dated his reign to 876 BCE , while E. Thiele offers the date 885 BCE . His story is told in 1 Kings , Chapter 16. He was a 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 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 .¹

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The opening as it stood in 2015 7 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Albright has dated his reign to 876 BCE , while E. Thiele offers the date 885 BCE . His story is told in 1 Kings , Chapter 16.

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The opening as it stood in 2020

King of Northern Israel Zimri ( Hebrew: זִמְרִי , Zimrī , lit. "praiseworthy" , also transliterated as Zambri ), was the fifth king of Israel . Albright has dated his reign to 876 BCE , while E. Thiele offers the date 885 BCE . His story is told in 1 Kings , Chapter 16.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

King of Northern Israel Zimri ( Hebrew: זִמְרִי , Zīmrī , lit. "praiseworthy" , also transliterated as Zambri due to a Greek corruption of Omri ), was the fifth king of Israel . Albright has dated his reign to 876 BCE , while E. Thiele offers the date 885 BCE . His story is told in 1 Kings , Chapter 16.

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The opening as it stood in 2025

King of Israel (Northern Kingdom) Zimri ( Hebrew: זִמְרִי , Zīmrī , lit. ' praiseworthy ' , also transliterated as Zambri due to a Greek corruption of Omri ), was the fifth king of Israel . Albright has dated his reign to 876 BCE , while E. Thiele offers the date 885 BCE . His story is told in 1 Kings , Chapter 16.

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