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Omri

Mentioned 928–709 BC traditional (Jones)

Servant of Jehovah. When Elah was murdered by Zimri at Tirzah (1 Kings 16:15-27), Omri, his captain, was made king (B.C. 931).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Child
Ahab
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13 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Stories

2 events in which Omri takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. 928 BCReign of Omri1 Kgs 16:22-28
  2. 917 BCDeath of Omri1 Kgs 16:28

Places

Places named in the same verses as Omri, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Jerusalem2
  2. likely location: Samaria2
  3. likely location: Tirzah2
  4. possible location: Gibbethon1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 983–654 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

13 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 1 Kings10
  2. 2 Kings1
  3. 2 Chronicles1
  4. Micah1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBOmri 17
KJVOmri 18
ASVOmri 18

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Every verse

All 13 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

1 Kings10 verses
  1. 16:16

    and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.

  2. 16:17

    Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

  3. 16:21

    At that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.

  4. 16:22

    But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

  5. 16:23

    In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

  6. 16:25

    But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

  7. 16:27

    As for the rest of the acts of Omri, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

  8. 16:28

    And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

  9. 16:29

    In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.

  10. 16:30

    However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.

2 Kings1 verse
  1. 8:26

    Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

2 Chronicles1 verse
  1. 22:2

    Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

Micah1 verse
  1. 6:16

    You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Servant of Jehovah. When Elah was murdered by Zimri at Tirzah (1 Kings 16:15-27), Omri, his captain, was made king (B.C. 931). For four years there was continued opposition to his reign, Tibni, another claimant to the throne, leading the opposing party; but at the close of that period all his rivals were defeated, and he became king of Israel, “Tibni died and Omri reigned” (B.C. 927). By his vigour and power he gained great eminence and consolidated the kingdom. He fixed his dynasty on the throne so firmly that it continued during four succeeding reigns. Tirza was for six years the seat of his government. He then removed the capital to Samaria (q.v.), where he died, and was succeeded by his son Ahab. “He wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.”

Beth-omri, “the house” or “city of Omri,” is the name usually found on Assyrian inscriptions for Samaria. In the stele of Mesha (the “Moabite stone”), which was erected in Moab about twenty or thirty years after Omri’s death, it is recorded that Omri oppressed Moab till Mesha delivered the land: “Omri, king of Israel, oppressed Moab many days, for Chemosh was angry with his land. His son succeeded him, and he also said, I will oppress Moab” (comp. 2 Kings 1:1; 3:4, 5). The “Moabite stone” also records that “Omri took the land of Medeba, and occupied it in his day and in the days of his son forty years.”