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Omri

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Description

Commander of the army; ascended through civil war 885–874 BC. Founded Samaria as the new capital. Founder of the most successful but most idolatrous Israelite dynasty (the Omride dynasty); the Assyrians long called Israel 'house of Omri'.

Relationships

Children1
Ahab(father)

Family tree

Two generations up and down. Click any other person to recenter the tree on them. Solid lines are parent-of relationships; dashed pink lines are spouses; dashed amber lines are debated/tradition-divergent edges.