⁹ And his servant ^(A)Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now ^[a]Elah was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, ^(B)who was in charge of the household in Tirzah.

¹² And when Ben-hadad heard this message, while ^(A)he was drinking ^[a]with the kings in the ^[b]temporary shelters, he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they took their positions against the city.

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