1 Kings 16:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

And 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.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:3

And Ahab sent for Obadiah, the controller of the king's house.

Genesis 39:4

And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.

Genesis 24:2

And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

Luke 21:34

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

Nahum 1:10

For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.

Jeremiah 51:57

And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.

2 Kings 15:30

And Hoshea, the son of Elah, made a secret design against Pekah, the son of Remaliah, and, attacking him, put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham, the son of Uzziah.

2 Kings 15:25

And Pekah, the son of Remaliah, his captain, made a secret design against him, attacking him in the king's great house in Samaria; and with him were fifty men of Gilead; and he put him to death and became king in his place.

2 Kings 15:10

And Shallum, the son of Jabesh, made a secret design against him, and, attacking him in Ibleam, put him to death and became king in his place.

2 Kings 12:20

And his servants made a secret design and put Joash to death at the house of Millo on the way down to Silla.

2 Kings 9:14

So Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, made designs against Joram.

1 Kings 20:16

And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

1 Kings 15:27

And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, made a secret design against him, attacking him at Gibbethon, a town of the Philistines; for Nadab and the armies of Israel were making war on Gibbethon.

Genesis 39:9

So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?

Genesis 24:10

And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

Genesis 15:2

And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.

1 Kings 16:8

In the twenty-sixth year that Asa was king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, became king of Israel in Tirzah, and he was king for two years.

1 Kings 16:10

And Zimri went in and made an attack on him and put him to death, in the twenty-seventh year that Asa was king of Judah, and made himself king in his place.

1 Kings 20:12

Now when this answer was given to Ben-hadad, he was drinking with the kings in the tents, and he said to his men, Take up your positions. So they put themselves in position for attacking the town.

Proverbs 31:4

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?