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Amariah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Said by Jehovah.

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One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1 Chr 6:7, 52). He was probably the last of the high priests of Eleazar’s line prior to the transfer of that office to Eli, of the line of Ithamar.

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A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of Moses (1 Chr 23:19; 24:23).

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A “chief priest” who took an active part in the reformation under Jehoshaphat (2 Chr 19:11); probably the same as mentioned in 1 Chr 6:9.

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One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr 31:15).

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

am-a-ri'-a ('amaryah and 'amaryahu, "the Lord has said"; compare HPN, 180, 285).

(1) A Levite in the line of Aaron-Eleazar; a son of Meraioth and grandfather of Zadok (1 Chr 6:7; 1 Chr 6:52) who lived in David's time. Compare Zadok (2 Sam 15:27, etc.) also Ant, VIII, i, 3 and X, viii, 6.

(2) A Levite in the line of Kohath-Hebron referred to in 1 Chr 23:19 and 24:23 at the time when David divided the Levites into courses.

(3) A Levite in the line of Aaron-Eleazar; a son of Azariah who "executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built" (1 Chr 6:10 f). Compare Ezra 7:3 where in the abbreviated list this Amariah is mentioned as an ancestor of Ezra. See Amarias (1 Esdras 8:2; 2 Esdras 1:2) and number (4) of this article

(4) Chief priest and judge "in all matters of Yahweh" appointed by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr 19:11). Possibly identical with Amariah, number (3).

(5) A descendant of Judah in the line of Perez and an ancestor of Ataiah who lived in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile (Neh 11:4). Compare Imri (1 Chr 9:4) and number (7) of this article, which Amariah seems to be of the same family,

(6) A Levite and an assistant of Kore who was appointed by Hezekiah to distributed the "oblations of Yahweh" to their brethren (2 Chr 31:15).

(7) A son of Bani who had married a foreign woman (Ezra 10:42). See number (5) of this article

(8) A priest who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant (Neh 10:3); he had returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (Neh 12:2) and was the father of Jehohanan (compare Hanani, Ezra 10:20), priest at the time of Joiakim (Neh 12:13). Compare Immer (Ezra 2:37; Ezra 10:20; Neh 7:40) and also Emmeruth (the King James Version "Meruth," 1 Esdras 5:24).

(9) An ancestor of Zephaniah, the prophet (Zech 1:1).

A. L. Breslich

See also

Person Amariah (1 Chr 6,7) Person Amariah (1 Chr 6,11) Person Amariah (1 Chr 23,19) Person Amariah (2 Chr 19,11) Person Amariah (2 Chr 31,15) Person Amariah (Ezr 10,42) Person Amariah (Neh 10,3) Person Amariah (Neh 11,4) Person Amariah (Sef 1,1)

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