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Zimri
Sign in to saveking of Israel, with a reign of seven days; chariot commander who murdered king Elah, and succeeded him, but was overthrown by the army
OverviewAI-generated
Zimri was a king, as indicated by his associated category. Born in 1000 BCE, he died in either 885 BCE or 873 BCE. The subject is also linked to a musical artist of the same name, who has been tagged with South Africa and has accumulated 217 plays from 65 listeners.
A separate individual named Hodgson Zimri is recorded as an author with two works. These publications include a concise statement of the descendants of George Hodgson, extending through eight generations and numbering 1416. Another entry lists a similar title regarding descendants extending through eight generations, also numbering 1416. Additionally, Crossref data indicates five works associated with the name Zimri.
Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Reign
- 885 BCE
- Predecessor
- Elah
- Successor
- Tibni and Omri
- Died
- 885 BC
- House
- House of Zimri
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Israel
- Place of death
- Tirzah
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Image
- Weltchronik Fulda Aa88 326v detail.jpg
- Convicted of
- regicide
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- different from
- Zimri
- Commons category
- Zimri (king)
- manner of death
- Suicide
- date of birth
- 1000-01-01
- date of death
- 0873-00-00
- cause of death
- self-immolation
- present in work
- 1 Kings 16
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Zimri (Hebrew: זִמְרִי, Zīmrī, lit. 'praiseworthy', also transliterated as Zambri due to a Greek corruption of Omri), was the fifth king of Israel. His reign lasted only seven days. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 876 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offers the date 885 BCE. His story is told in 1 Kings, Chapter 16.
Ancestry
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zimri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.