1 Kings 16:10
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.
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Gill's Exposition
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. That not only his posterity, but all any way related to him,…
Here is, I. The ruin of the family of Baasha foretold. He was a man likely enough to have raised and established his family - active, politic, and daring; but he was an idolater, and this brought…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah Omitted as usual by the LXX. Here again if we refer to 1Ki 16:8, it is plain that Elah's two years cannot have been full years.