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The ''House of Omri'' (929-884BC by [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 501-504, 506-507, 511, 513-5, 517-9, 521-523, 525, 534</ref> or 885-841BC by [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), pp. 261-272</ref>) is the dynasty of four kings, beginning with [[Omri]], a rebel general who seized power from one who himself had murdered a previous king of the [[Northern Kingdom]] of Israel. It lasted for forty-five years.
== Beginning ==
The House of Omri began when a general named [[Omri]], commanding the troops of the Northern Kingdom at the siege of [[Gibbethon]], led the entire army to [[Tirzah]] to take over the kingdom from King [[Zimri]], who had seized power by murdering King [[Elah]] seven days before. Omri won the day when Zimri burned the palace down over his own head and perished in the flames.
Soon afterward, however, the army split into two equal halves, the one following Omri, and the other following a pretender named Tibni. Omni spent four years quelling this rivalry. To do it, he might have made a military treaty with King [[Ithobaal I]] of [[Tyre]], involving the marriage of his son [[Ahab]] to Ithobaal's daughter [[Jezebel]]. We do know that [[Athaliah]], daughter of Omri and eventual queen of the [[Southern Kingdom]], was born two years into the civil war.
== Baal worship ==
The marriage of Ahab and Jezebel was to prove instrumental in introducing the worship of [[Baal]] to the Northern Kingdom and even to the Southern. During the reign of Ahab, Jezebel systematically exterminated almost all the prophets of [[God]] then living in the Northern Kingdom--except that a palace steward hid a hundred of them in at least two locations, and two prophets, the great [[Elijah]] and his student [[Elisha]], strove against Baal worship beginning in the ninth year of Ahab to the very end of the House of Omri, through lessons, demonstrations, and occasionally direct action.
== End of the House of Omri ==
The House of Omri ended with the death, in yet another military coup, of [[Jehoram of Israel|Jehoram]], second son of [[Ahab]], at the hand of his general, [[Jehu]].
== King List ==
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!Ussher I
!
!Ussher II
!
!Ussher III
!
!Ussher IV
!
!Thiele I
!
!Thiele II
!
!Thiele III
!
!Thiele IV
!
|-
!King
!Authority
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
|-
|[[Omri]]
|{{Bible ref|book=I_Kings|chap=16|verses=23}}
|3075
|929
|3015
|929
|3290
|929
|3230
|929
|3075
|885
|3015
|885
|3290
|885
|3230
|885
|-
|[[Ahab]]
|{{Bible ref|book=I_Kings|chap=16|verses=29}}
|3086
|918
|3026
|918
|3301
|918
|3241
|918
|3085
|874
|3025
|874
|3300
|874
|3240
|874
|-
|[[Ahaziah of Israel|Ahaziah]]
|{{Bible ref|book=I_Kings|chap=22|verses=51}}
|3106
|898
|3046
|898
|3321
|898
|3261
|898
|3106
|853
|3046
|853
|3321
|853
|3261
|853
|-
|[[Jehoram of Israel|Jehoram]]
|{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=3|verses=1}}
|3108
|896
|3048
|896
|3323
|896
|3263
|896
|3107
|852
|3047
|852
|3322
|852
|3262
|852
|-
|'''[[Jehu]]'''
|{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=10}}
|3120
|884
|3060
|884
|3335
|884
|3275
|884
|3118
|841
|3058
|841
|3333
|841
|3273
|841
|}
== References ==
<references/>
== See Also ==
* [[Northern Kingdom]]
* [[Jezebel]]
* [[Elijah]]
* [[Elisha]]
[[Category:Articles with synoptic tables]]
[[Category:Bible]]
[[Category:Biblical persons]]
[[Category:Ancient History]]
[[Category:Israel]]
== Beginning ==
The House of Omri began when a general named [[Omri]], commanding the troops of the Northern Kingdom at the siege of [[Gibbethon]], led the entire army to [[Tirzah]] to take over the kingdom from King [[Zimri]], who had seized power by murdering King [[Elah]] seven days before. Omri won the day when Zimri burned the palace down over his own head and perished in the flames.
Soon afterward, however, the army split into two equal halves, the one following Omri, and the other following a pretender named Tibni. Omni spent four years quelling this rivalry. To do it, he might have made a military treaty with King [[Ithobaal I]] of [[Tyre]], involving the marriage of his son [[Ahab]] to Ithobaal's daughter [[Jezebel]]. We do know that [[Athaliah]], daughter of Omri and eventual queen of the [[Southern Kingdom]], was born two years into the civil war.
== Baal worship ==
The marriage of Ahab and Jezebel was to prove instrumental in introducing the worship of [[Baal]] to the Northern Kingdom and even to the Southern. During the reign of Ahab, Jezebel systematically exterminated almost all the prophets of [[God]] then living in the Northern Kingdom--except that a palace steward hid a hundred of them in at least two locations, and two prophets, the great [[Elijah]] and his student [[Elisha]], strove against Baal worship beginning in the ninth year of Ahab to the very end of the House of Omri, through lessons, demonstrations, and occasionally direct action.
== End of the House of Omri ==
The House of Omri ended with the death, in yet another military coup, of [[Jehoram of Israel|Jehoram]], second son of [[Ahab]], at the hand of his general, [[Jehu]].
== King List ==
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!Ussher I
!
!Ussher II
!
!Ussher III
!
!Ussher IV
!
!Thiele I
!
!Thiele II
!
!Thiele III
!
!Thiele IV
!
|-
!King
!Authority
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
!AM
!BC
|-
|[[Omri]]
|{{Bible ref|book=I_Kings|chap=16|verses=23}}
|3075
|929
|3015
|929
|3290
|929
|3230
|929
|3075
|885
|3015
|885
|3290
|885
|3230
|885
|-
|[[Ahab]]
|{{Bible ref|book=I_Kings|chap=16|verses=29}}
|3086
|918
|3026
|918
|3301
|918
|3241
|918
|3085
|874
|3025
|874
|3300
|874
|3240
|874
|-
|[[Ahaziah of Israel|Ahaziah]]
|{{Bible ref|book=I_Kings|chap=22|verses=51}}
|3106
|898
|3046
|898
|3321
|898
|3261
|898
|3106
|853
|3046
|853
|3321
|853
|3261
|853
|-
|[[Jehoram of Israel|Jehoram]]
|{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=3|verses=1}}
|3108
|896
|3048
|896
|3323
|896
|3263
|896
|3107
|852
|3047
|852
|3322
|852
|3262
|852
|-
|'''[[Jehu]]'''
|{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=10}}
|3120
|884
|3060
|884
|3335
|884
|3275
|884
|3118
|841
|3058
|841
|3333
|841
|3273
|841
|}
== References ==
<references/>
== See Also ==
* [[Northern Kingdom]]
* [[Jezebel]]
* [[Elijah]]
* [[Elisha]]
[[Category:Articles with synoptic tables]]
[[Category:Bible]]
[[Category:Biblical persons]]
[[Category:Ancient History]]
[[Category:Israel]]