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Samaria District
| Name | OMRI |
| Aliases | KING OF ISRAEL / FOUNDER OF SAMARIA / FATHER OF AHAB |
| Status | DECEASED / BUILT THE CAPITAL OF THE NORTH / DID MORE EVIL THAN ALL BEFORE HIM |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE COMMANDER WHO SEIZED AND SECURED THE THRONE |
| Place of Birth | ISRAEL | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | NORTHERN KINGDOM OF ISRAEL | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | UNRECORDED | People | THE NORTHERN KINGDOM |
| Occupation | ARMY COMMANDER / KING OF ISRAEL | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE HOUSE OF OMRI | Calling | THE FOUNDER OF A POWERFUL BUT IDOLATROUS DYNASTY |
| Primary Mission | ESTABLISH AND STRENGTHEN THE NORTHERN KINGDOM | Known Signs | THE FOUNDING OF SAMARIA / THE STATUTES OF OMRI |
| Covenant Role | FOUNDER OF SAMARIA AND THE DYNASTY OF AHAB | Divine Access | INDIRECT / OUTSIDE THE WAY OF THE LORD |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Monarchic Classification | THE DYNASTY-FOUNDING KING |
| Covenant Status | COVENANT FORSAKEN | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | CONDEMNED | Threat Assessment | THE CIVIL WAR FOR THE THRONE / HIS IDOLATRY |
| Mission Status | GUILTY / DID WORSE THAN ALL BEFORE HIM | Archive Category | KINGS / APOSTASY |
The lasting thing he built: SAMARIA, THE NEW CAPITAL OF ISRAEL
How Scripture sums up his reign: HE DID MORE EVIL THAN ALL BEFORE HIM
The subject was commander of Israel's army when the people made him king after Zimri, who had murdered the previous king and reigned only seven days.
Half the people followed a rival named Tibni, but the subject's followers prevailed, Tibni died, and the subject became sole king over Israel.
He reigned twelve years, and his lasting achievement was to buy the hill of Samaria and build there a new capital city, strong and well placed, which remained the seat of the northern kingdom.
Yet he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam and did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than all who were before him, provoking Him with worthless idols.
He founded a powerful dynasty; his son Ahab succeeded him and, with Jezebel, plunged Israel deeper into Baal worship. Long after, the prophet Micah spoke of the statutes of Omri as a byword for the sins that ruined the kingdom.
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- Worldly success and strong building count for nothing without faithfulness to God.
- A leader's evil example can corrupt a dynasty and a nation for generations.
- What men remember as achievement, God may weigh as guilt.
