9<\/strong>. And his servant Zimri<\/em> ] The LXX. omits ‘his servant.’ The expression is used of any officer who served under the king, and has no mean signification. Here ‘the servant’ was a chief commander of the royal troops.<\/p>\n as<\/em> [ now<\/strong> R.V.] he was in Tirzah<\/em> ] The strongest stop in the Hebrew occurs immediately before these words. It is therefore well to make them, in the English also, to begin a new clause.<\/p>\n Arza steward of<\/em> his house<\/em> ] R.V. (see also A.V. margin): Arza which was over the household<\/strong>. Cf. for a similar officer over the household of Joseph, Gen 43:16<\/span>; Gen 43:19<\/span>. It would almost seem that this major domo<\/em> was mixed up in the plot for the murder of his master. The opportunity of the absence of the troops at Gibbethon would seem very favourable for carrying out such a scheme.<\/p>\n The conspiracy of Zimri – Elahs servant (i. e., subject) – was favored by his position, which probably gave him military authority in the city, by the absence of a great part of the people and of the officers who might have checked him, at Gibbethon 1Ki 16:15<\/span>, and by the despicable character of Elah, who, instead of going up to the war, was continually reminding men of his low origin by conduct unworthy of royalty.<\/P> Steward – <\/B>The office was evidently one of considerable importance. In Solomons court it gave the rank of <\/span> sar<\/I>, prince. In Persia the steward of the household acted sometimes as a sort of regent during the kings absence.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 9<\/span>. Captain of half<\/B><\/I> his <\/B>chariots<\/B><\/I>] It is probable that Zimri, and some other who is not here named, were commanders of the cavalry.<\/P> <\/p>\n Captain of half his chariots, <\/B>i.e. of all his military chariots, and the men belonging to them; the chariots for carriage of necessary things being put into other and meaner hands. <\/P> As he was in Tirzah; <\/B>whilst his forces were elsewhere employed, 1Ki 16:15<\/span>, which gave Zimri advantage to execute his design. <\/P> <\/p>\n 9-12. Zimri . . . conspired againsthim<\/B>“Arza which was over his house.” During acarousal in the house of his chamberlain, Zimri slew him, and havingseized the sovereignty, endeavored to consolidate his throne by themassacre of all the royal race.<\/P><\/p>\n And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots<\/strong>,…. His military chariots; there were two captains of them, and this was one of them; so the Targum,<\/p>\n “one of the two masters or captains of the chariots:”<\/p>\n conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah<\/strong>; who had the charge of his wine and other liquors, to which he was addicted beyond measure; and this was a fit opportunity for Zimri to fall upon him, and slay him, when he was drunk, and off his guard, and his army at the same time was besieging Gibbethon, 1Ki 16:15<\/span> so that there was a very great likeness in what befell the family of Baasha, to that of the family of Jeroboam; for as the son of the one, and of the other, reigned but two years, so they were both slain by their servants, and both at a time when Gibbethon was besieged; the Targum takes this Arza to be the temple of an idol so called, near the royal palace.<\/p>\n (9) Drinking himself drunk.<\/strong>There seems an emphasis of half-contemptuous condemnation in the description of Elahs debauchery, evidently public, and in the house of a mere officer of his household, while war was raging at Gibbethon. On the other hand, Zimrinoted emphatically as his servantwas apparently the high officer left in special charge of the palace and the kings person, while the mass of the army was in the field. Hence his name passed into a proverb for unusual treachery. (See 2Ki. 9:31<\/span>.)<\/p>\n 9<\/strong>. <\/strong> Captain of half his chariots <\/strong> So, then, this northern kingdom had added to its other sins the transgression of the law forbidding the multiplication of horses, for chariots required their service. The whole cavalry force seems to have been divided into two portions, one or which served the army at the siege of Gibbethon, the other remained near Tirzah, and over it Zimri had command. <\/p>\n Drinking himself drunk <\/strong> Surely it is not well for kings thus to drink wine. Pro 31:4<\/span>. Here we find that Elah was a drunken, licentious profligate, whose very debasement was a temptation for daring hands to take his life.<\/p>\n 1Ki 16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half [his] chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of [his] house in Tirzah.<\/p>\n Ver. 9. And his servant Zimri.<\/strong> ] Perhaps he of Saul’s posterity. 1Ch 8:36 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Drinking himself drunk.<\/strong> ] Haply to put away the fear of death, like as Tacitus saith, Vitelius trepidus, dein temulentus.<\/p>\n drinking himself drunk. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) for emphasis. <\/p>\n his servant: 2Ki 9:31 <\/p>\n conspired: 1Ki 15:27, 2Ki 9:14, 2Ki 12:20, 2Ki 15:10, 2Ki 15:25, 2Ki 15:30 <\/p>\n drinking: 1Ki 20:16, 1Sa 25:36-38, 2Sa 13:28, 2Sa 13:29, Pro 23:29-35, Jer 51:57, Dan 5:1-4, Dan 5:30, Nah 1:10, Hab 2:15, Hab 2:16, Mat 24:49-51, Luk 21:34 <\/p>\n steward of: Heb. which was over, Gen 15:2, Gen 24:2, Gen 24:10, Gen 39:4, Gen 39:9 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Sa 4:5 – lay on a bed 1Ki 14:17 – Tirzah 1Ki 15:32 – there was war 1Ki 20:12 – drinking 2Ki 15:14 – Tirzah 2Ki 21:23 – General 1Ch 2:6 – Zimri Est 2:21 – and sought Pro 23:34 – thou Hos 7:7 – devoured Luk 12:20 – God<\/p>\n 16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half [his] chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, {e} drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of [his] house in Tirzah.<\/p>\n (e) The Chaldee text has this, “Drinking till he was drunk in the temple of Arza the idol by his house in Tirzah”.<\/p>\n And his servant Zimri, captain of half [his] chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of [his] house in Tirzah. 9. 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