Timeline (of sorts)
Omri 12 yrs. 6 in Tirzah1
0. 895 BC Prologue: Ahab and Obadiah cheer the troops.
1. 895 BC Wrath: They bloody each other’s noses.
2. 883 BC Race: A Syrian arrow cuts short a horse race. [Omri starts 6 yrs in Tirzah]
3. 877 BC Jezebel: Biah another job and Ahab a new wife. [Omri starts 6 yrs in Shemer]
871 Omri dies
4. 869 BC Shemer’s Hill: As Obadiah hires managers, he argues values (Ahab 2 yrs king)
5. 8692 BC Picked Off: Obadiah’s father is murdered. (King Ahab)
6. 865 BC Goatskin: A boy in a goatskin challenges King Ahab.
7. 864 BC Yedidah: Obadiah’s wife tells him Jezebel is murdering bubblers.
8. 863 BC Slaves: While Obadiah sees suffering, Ahab sees silver.
9. 863 BC Pickles: Slave traders murder Liev.
10. 863 BC Burial: Obadiah helps bury Liev.
11. 863 BC Mourn: As mourners gather, other murders come to light.
12. 86? BC Jericho: Obadiah visits a cave by Gilgal and Hiel’s rebuild project.
13. 86? BC Megiddo: Obadiah
14. 863? BC Alive: Liev’s father hides bubblers in his olive groves.
??. 861 BC I’m Here: Elijah returns.
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1 Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
2 Why 4 yr gap?
