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<p> '''Omri''' (''ŏm'rî'' ), ''pupil of Jehovah.'' 1. &nbsp;1 Kings 16:16. [[A]] general of the [[Israelitish]] army, who was made king during the siege of Gibbethon. The army had heard that Zimri had assassinated Elah the king, and had usurped the throne; instantly the siege was raised, they forthwith marched to Tirzah, where Zimri resided, and captured it. The [[Israelites]] were then divided into two parties, one of which had made Tibni king; but after a struggle of about six years, Omri prevailed, and took the throne, which he disgraced, from 928-917 b.c. Omri, who is called on an Assyrian monument Khumri, founded Samaria, which thenceforth became the capital of the ten tribes. &nbsp;1 Kings 16:16-30; &nbsp;Micah 6:16. 2. [[A]] descendant of Benjamin. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:8. 3. [[A]] descendant of Judah. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:4. 4. [[A]] descendant of Issachar. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 27:18. </p>