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His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;
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Verse 9. Horsemen. Hebrew “chariots.” Septuagint Calmet.—But Josephus styles him, Hipparchon, “general of the horse.” Menochius.—Rebelled. Hebrew “conspired.” Bible.—He acted privately at first. Menochius.—Governor. Hebrew “steward of his house.” Chal. and Arab. “in the temple of the idol Arsa,” the earth, whom the pagans worshipped as the mother of gods and men; unless Arsa be put for Asera, or Astarte. Calmet.
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