Amariah

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Said by YHWH.

(1.) One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1Ch_6:7, 1Ch_6:52). 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 (1Ch_23:19; 1Ch_24:23).

(3.) A 'chief priest' who took an active part in the reformation under Jehoshaphat (2Ch_19:11); probably the same as mentioned in 1Ch_6:9.

(4.) 1Ch_6:11; Ezr_7:3.

(5.) One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2Ch_31:15).

(6.) Zep_1:1.

(7.) Neh_11:4.

(8.) Neh_10:3.

(9.) Ezr_10:42.

am-a-rī´a (אמויה, 'ămaryāh and אמריהוּ, 'ămaryāhū, “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 (1Ch_6:7, 1Ch_6:52) who lived in David's time. Compare Zadok (2Sa_15:27, etc.) also Ant, VIII, i, 3 and X, viii, 6.

(2) A Levite in the line of Kohath-Hebron referred to in 1Ch_23:19 and 1Ch_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” (1Ch_6:10 f). Compare Ezr_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 (2Ch_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 (1Ch_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 (2Ch_31:15).

(7) A son of Bani who had married a foreign woman (Ezr_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, Ezr_10:20), priest at the time of Joiakim (Neh_12:13). Compare Immer (Ezr_2:37; Ezr_10:20; Neh_7:40) and also Emmeruth (the King James Version “Meruth,” 1 Esdras 5:24).

(9) An ancestor of Zephaniah, the prophet (Zep_1:1).