17 So Omri and all the Israelite army left Gibbethon and attacked Tirzah.
18 When Zimri saw that the city had been captured, he went into the palace and set it on fire, burning the palace and himself with it.
19 So Zimri died because he had sinned by doing what the Lord said was wrong. Jeroboam had led the people of Israel to sin, and Zimri sinned in the same way as Jeroboam.
20 Everything else Zimri did and the story of how he turned against King Elah are written down in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.
21 The people of Israel were divided into two groups. Half of the people wanted Tibni son of Ginath to be king, while the other half wanted Omri.
22 Omri’s followers were stronger than the followers of Tibni son of Ginath, so Tibni died, and Omri became king.
23 Omri became king of Israel during the thirty-first year Asa was king of Judah. Omri ruled Israel for twelve years, six of those years in the city of Tirzah.