1 Raja-raja 16:9

Ela memiliki seorang komandan tentara bernama Zimri. Dia memimpin setengah dari pasukan kereta perang Israel. Zimri mengadakan persekongkolan melawan Ela. Lalu suatu hari, ketika Ela sedang minum-minum sampai mabuk di rumah Arza, kepala istana di Tirza,

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.