Bible Person
Meaning: straw; hay · Male · 2 cross references
Tibni is the rival claimant who contends with Omri for the throne of Israel during a period of instability. He appears in the fractured northern monarchy where leadership is contested by force and faction. First appears in 1 Kgs 16:21.1
AI summary: Tibni matters because his cross references place him in a succession struggle that reveals how unstable and violent Israel's monarchy could become after the house of Jeroboam. His defeat by Omri helps explain the political path toward a new ruling dynasty. Taken together, the material presents Tibni as the unsuccessful contender whose loss helps shape the next phase of Israel's kingship.1
Central Figure
Tibni
Meaning: straw; hay
Building of Jehovah, the son of Ginath, a man of some position, whom a considerable number of the people chose as monarch.
Building of Jehovah, the son of Ginath, a man of some position, whom a considerable number of the people chose as monarch. For the period of four years he contended for the throne with Omri (1 Kings 16:21, 22), who at length gained the mastery, and became sole monarch of Israel. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.