Omri

• Reign of Omric. 929 BC
• Death of Omric. 917 BC

Omri

Children

Ahab

• עׇמְרִי·Omri

Includes 2 verses that refer to Omri without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. 1 Kings 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. 1 Kings 16:17
   Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.
3. 1 Kings 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. 1 Kings 16:22
   But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.
5. 1 Kings 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. 1 Kings 16:24Referred to, not named
   He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.
7. 1 Kings 16:25
   But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
8. 1 Kings 16:26Referred to, not named
   For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
9. 1 Kings 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?
10. 1 Kings 16:28
    And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
11. 1 Kings 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.
12. 1 Kings 16:30
    However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
13. 2 Kings 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.
14. 2 Chronicles 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.
15. Micah 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.”