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 — Zimri strikes Elah down in the same location where Elah caroused, establishing poetic justice within the narrative. The phrase marks Zimri's violent usurpation, continuing the pattern of northern bloodshed. After only two years, Elah's dynasty collapses.

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