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Omri
Sign in to saveOmri (, ‘Omrī; Ḫûmrî [ḫu-um-ri-i]; fl. 9th century BCE) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the sixth king of Israel. He was a successful military campaigner who extended the northern kingdom of Israel. Other monarchs from the House of Omri are Ahab, Ahaziah, Joram, and Athaliah. Like his predecessor, king Zimri, who ruled for only seven days, Omri is the second king mentioned in the Bible without a statement of his tribal origin. One possibility, though unproven, is that he was of the tribe of Issachar.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Omri
- Royalty.image
- Omri King.png
- Royalty.caption
- Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553) by Guillaume Rouillé
- Royalty.succession
- King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
- Royalty.reign
- 885-874 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- Tibni
- Royalty.successor
- Ahab
- Royalty.issue
- AhabAthaliahNimshi?
- Royalty.royal house
- House of Omri
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Israel
- Place of death
- Samaria
- Occupation
- monarch
- Religion
- Canaanite religion
- Image
- Omri Rex.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0940-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of death
- 0874-00-00
- name in native language
- עָמְרִי
- present in work
- Mesha Stele
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Name
- Reign
- Struggle for the succession
- Samaria and successor
- Date
- Archaeological sources
- The Omride Dynasty
- See also
- References
Omri (, ‘Omrī; Ḫûmrî [ḫu-um-ri-i]; fl. 9th century BCE) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the sixth king of Israel. He was a successful military campaigner who extended the northern kingdom of Israel. Other monarchs from the House of Omri are Ahab, Ahaziah, Joram, and Athaliah. Like his predecessor, king Zimri, who ruled for only seven days, Omri is the second king mentioned in the Bible without a statement of his tribal origin. One possibility, though unproven, is that he was of the tribe of Issachar.
Nothing is said in Scripture about the lineage of Omri. His name may be Amorite, Arabic, or Hebrew in origin. Omri is credited with the construction of Samaria and establishing it as his capital. Although the Bible is silent about other actions taken during his reign, he is described as doing more evil than all the kings who preceded him. An alternative modern hypothesis maintains that, as founder of the House of Omri, an Israelite royal house, his kingdom formed the first state in the Land of Israel, and that the Kingdom of Judah only achieved statehood later.
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