1 Kings 16: Overthrown

As for the other events of Zimri’s reign, and the rebellion he carried out, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 
Then the people of Israel were split into two factions; half supported Tibni son of Ginath for king, and the other half supported Omri.
But Omri’s followers proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king. - 1 Kings 16:20-22 NIV

What Solomon said about there being nothing new under the sun continues to play itself out in daily life.  The Arab Spring and the more recent upheaval in Egypt are merely copies of events three thousand years ago in the kingdom of Israel.  We consider ourselves so advanced, so civilized, but mankind has always been and always will be the same.  We're all jockeying for power.  We're all heading for a fall. All government is prone to political intrigue and upheaval.  No one is immune. 

As John Dahlberg-Acton, the 1st Baron of Acton, wrote in 1887, "I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they did no wrong. If there is any presumption it is the other way against holders of power, increasing as the power increases. Historic responsibility has to make up for the want of legal responsibility. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it."

• Letter to Mandell Creighton (5 April 1887), published in Historical Essays and Studies, by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton (1907), edited by John Neville Figgis and Reginald Vere Laurence, Appendix, p. 504;

We live in a fallen world, and as such, our heroes are fallen as well, be they popes, politicians, or preachers.  We would do well to put our faith in the only One who is infallible, the only One who cannot be corrupted, the only One who cannot be overthrown.