Usurpation

“Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.”

“At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.”

“Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.”

“In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.”

“However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.”

“So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.”

“When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.”

“When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.”