1 Kings 16:9

And his servant [Not only "subject," as Rawlinson, but officer. The same word is used of Jeroboam; 1 Kings 11:26 , note. We may almost trace here a lex talionis . Baasha was Nadab's "servant," as Jeroboam was Solomon's] Zimri [From the occurrence of this name among those of the descendants of Jonathan ( 1 Chronicles 8:36 ), it has been supposed (Stanley) that this was a last effort of the house of Saul to regain the throne], captain of half his chariots [ רֶכֶב as in 1 Kings 9:19 ; 1 Kings 10:26 . The violation of the law of Deuteronomy 17:16 brings its own retribution], conspired against him [precisely as Elah's father had "conspired "( 1 Kings 15:27 ) against Nadab], as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of [Heb. which was over ; cf. 1 Kings 4:6 ; 1 Kings 18:3 ; 2 Kings 10:5 ; 2 Kings 18:37 ] his house in Tirzah . [Several points present themselves for notice here.