Omri (king of Israel)
오므리 (이스라엘 왕)
Named at 1 Kings 16:16 as the captain of the army: “The people who were encamped heard that Zimri had conspired, and had also killed the king. Therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.” At 16:17 Omri goes up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besiege Tirzah. At 16:21–22 the people of Israel are divided into two parts, half following Tibni the son of Ginath and half following Omri; the people who followed Omri prevail, “so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.” 16:23 says, “In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah”, and 16:24, “He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.” 16:25 says that Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him, and 16:28, “So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.”
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- 1KI 16:15–20, engwebp
15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
16The people who were encamped heard that Zimri had conspired, and had also killed the king. Therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
17Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
18When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the fortified part of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
19for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did to make Israel to sin.
20Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he committed, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1KI 16:21–22, engwebp
21Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri.
22But the people who followed Omri prevailed against the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath; so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
- 1KI 16:23–28, engwebp
23In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah.
24He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
25Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.
26For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
27Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
28So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
- 1KI 16:29–33, engwebp
29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel. Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
30Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight above all that were before him.
31As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.
32He raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
33Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did more yet to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
- 2KI 8:25–27, engwebp
25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27He walked in the way of Ahab’s house and did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, as did Ahab’s house, for he was the son-in-law of Ahab’s house.
- MIC 6:9–16, engwebp
9The LORD’s voice calls to the city— and wisdom fears your name— “Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.
10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
11Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?
12Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
13Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.
14You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your hunger will be within you. You will store up, but not save, and that which you save I will give up to the sword.
15You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine.
16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of Ahab’s house. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and your inhabitants a hissing. You will bear the reproach of my people.”
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Unresolved interpretation: Ahab’s daughter of 2 Kings 8:18 and Athaliah of 8:26
- 2 Kings 8:16 says, “In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah then, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign”, and 8:18, “He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house, for he married Ahab’s daughter.” These verses do not name the daughter.
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- 2KI 8:16–19, engwebp
16In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah then, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
17He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
18He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
19However, the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.
- 2KI 8:16–19, engwebp
- 2 Kings 8:25–26 says, “In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel”, and 8:27 ends, “for he was the son-in-law of Ahab’s house.” At 8:26 the Korean Revised Version reads 이스라엘 왕 오므리의 손녀, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
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- 2KI 8:25–27, engwebp
25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27He walked in the way of Ahab’s house and did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, as did Ahab’s house, for he was the son-in-law of Ahab’s house.
- 2KI 8:25–27, engwebp
2 Kings 8:18 says that Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house, “for he married Ahab’s daughter”, and does not name the daughter. 8:26 gives the name of the mother of Ahaziah the son of Jehoram as Athaliah; the Korean Revised Version calls her 이스라엘 왕 오므리의 손녀, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel, and WEB “the daughter of Omri king of Israel”. 8:27 calls Ahaziah “the son-in-law of Ahab’s house”. The text does not say whether Athaliah is the daughter of Ahab whom Jehoram married. This collection records Athaliah as the mother of Ahaziah, as 8:26 says, records no father of hers, whether Omri or Ahab, and no marriage with Jehoram, and decides nothing.
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Omri (king of Israel) — Father of — Ahab
Evidence: 1 Kings 16:23–28, 1 Kings 16:29–33
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Took part in (3) — Zimri, who reigned seven days, burns the king’s house over him and dies, The people of Israel are divided between Tibni and Omri, and Omri reigns, Omri buys the hill Samaria of Shemer, builds a city on it, and calls it Samaria
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The people who were encamped heard that Zimri had conspired, and had also killed the king. Therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri.
But the people who followed Omri prevailed against the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath; so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah.
Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.
Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel. Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight above all that were before him.
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of Ahab’s house. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and your inhabitants a hissing. You will bear the reproach of my people.”
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Omri (king of Israel) (person-omri) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/omri Current wording: Named at 1 Kings 16:16 as the captain of the army: “The people who were encamped heard that Zimri had conspired, and had also killed the king. Therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.” At 16:17 Omri goes up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besiege Tirzah. At 16:21–22 the people of Israel are divided into two parts, half following Tibni the son of Ginath and half following Omri; the people who followed Omri prevail, “so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.” 16:23 says, “In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah”, and 16:24, “He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.” 16:25 says that Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him, and 16:28, “So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.” Cited evidence: 1KI 16:15–20, engwebp / 1KI 16:21–22, engwebp / 1KI 16:23–28, engwebp / 1KI 16:29–33, engwebp / 2KI 8:25–27, engwebp / MIC 6:9–16, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.