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omri

omri


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Omri 
  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." 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Omri,  sheaf  of  corn