| Easton's Bible Dictionary Said by Jehovah. (1.) One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1 Chronicles 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. (2.) A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of Moses (1 Chronicles 23:19; 24:23). (3.) A "chief priest" who took an active part in the reformation under Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 19:11); probably the same as mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6:9. (4.) 1 Chronicles 6:11; Ezra 7:3. (5.) One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:15). (6.) Zephaniah 1:1. (7.) Nehemiah 11:4. (8.) Nehemiah 10:3. (9.) Ezra 10:42. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AMARIAH 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 Chronicles 6:7, 52) who lived in David's time. Compare Zadok (2 Samuel 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 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 6:10). 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 Chronicles 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 (Nehemiah 11:4). Compare Imri (1 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 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 (Nehemiah 10:3); he had returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:2) and was the father of Jehohanan (compare Hanani, Ezra 10:20), priest at the time of Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:13). Compare Immer (Ezra 2:37; Ezra 10:20 Nehemiah 7:40) and also Emmeruth (the King James Version "Meruth," 1 Esdras 5:24).
(9) An ancestor of Zephaniah, the prophet (Zephaniah 1:1).
A. L. Breslich |  | Multi-Version Concordance Amariah (14 Occurrences) 1 Chronicles 6:7 Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:11 and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 23:19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 24:23 The sons of Hebron : Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 2 Chronicles 19:11 Behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and Yahweh be with the good. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 2 Chronicles 31:15 Under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, as well to the great as to the small: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Ezra 7:3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Ezra 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, Joseph. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Nehemiah 10:3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Nehemiah 11:4 In Jerusalem lived certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Nehemiah 12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Nehemiah 12:13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Zephaniah 1:1 The word of Yahweh which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) |
