Person · one of several with this name
Zimri
Mentioned in 8 verses across 2 books, first in 2 Kings 9:31. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 1 verse in 2 Kings, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 9:31
And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
Events
Events the dataset lists Zimri as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 929 BCReign of Zimri
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Murdered Elah at Tirzah, and succeeded him on the throne of Israel (1 Kings 16:8-10). He reigned only seven days, for Omri, whom the army elected as king, laid siege to Tirzah, whereupon Zimri set fire to the palace and perished amid its ruins (11-20). Omri succeeded to the throne only after four years of fierce war with Tibni, another claimant to the throne.