person · P0422
Zimri זמרי
The seven-day king: chariot commander who murdered Elah and destroyed the house of Baasha, then, besieged in Tirtzah by Omri and the army, burned the king's house down over himself. His name became the byword for a regicide — "Did Zimri have peace, who killed his master?" No parent edge: a usurper's break in the chain.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- זמרי
- Also known as
- Zimri (king of Israel)
- Era
- bible
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 2984–3014 AM (reigned seven days in 3014)
- Academic
- reigned 885 BCE (seven days)
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈30 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Yehudah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirtzah, while the people were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines.
Directly stated in the cited source.
|
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| When the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over himself with fire, and died — for his sins and for the sin he made Israel sin. | biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| The placement (reigned seven days in 3014 AM) is a schematic Mesorah Atlas reconstruction: the northern kings' regnal years stated in Kings are chained forward from the division of the kingdom in 2964 AM, with sub-year reigns counted as zero; the chain closes exactly at the fall of Shomron in 3205 AM (Chizkiyahu's sixth year, Melachim II 18:10). The cited source states the reign's length, not absolute dates.
The cited sources establish relative chronology or regnal duration; they do not state the absolute AM range.
|
tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |