"Omri"

Omri (r. 882-871 B.C.E.) – Acclaimed by the army, Omri reigned 6 years from Tirzah then moved to his newly-purchased hill of Samaria which he built up and made his new capital. King Mesha of Moab’s stela (discovered in Sidon in 1868) suggests that Omri conquered Moab and made it into a vassal state that rendered him tribute.

During Omni’s relatively brief but eventful rule a treaty was concluded between Israel and the Phoenician king Ethbaal of Sidon, sealed by the marriage of Omri’s son Ahab and Ethbaal’s daughter Jezebel. Omri’s reign was a period of stability and economic prosperity. The prophet Micah refers to the long-standing statutes enacted by Omri, who was buried in Samaria. Omri does not appear in Chronicles.