Omri (King living at the time of Divided Monarchy)

Omri was a military commander who seized the throne of northern Israel after a civil war and founded a dynasty significant enough that Assyrian records refer to Israel as the House of Omri for generations after his death, even though the Bible itself gives his reign only a brief summary, noting mainly that he built the city of Samaria as his new capital and did more evil than all who were before him.