Amariah
(the Lord says, i.e. promises).
Father of Ahitub according to (1 Chronicles 6:7,52) and son of Meraioth, in the line of the high priests. The high priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 19:11) He was the son of Azariah. The head of a Levitical house of the Kohathites. (1 Chronicles 23:13; 24:23) The head of one of the twenty-four courses of priest. (2 Chronicles 31:15; Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2,13) One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:42) A priest who returned with Zerubbabel.
(Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2,13) A descendant of Pharez. (Nehemiah 11:4) An ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet. (Zephaniah 1:1)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Amariah
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 (1Ch 6:7,52) 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 (Ne 11:4). Compare Imri (1Ch 9:4) and number (7) of this article, which Amariah seems to be of the same fami…
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Amariah
1. 2 Ch 19", high priest in the reign of Jehosha- phat, appointed by liim cliief justice ' in all matters of the Lord,' as Zebaduih, ' the ruler of the house of Judah,' was ' in all tin- king's matters.' (Is this a precedent for the joint rule in later times of Zenibhabel and Joshua ?) 2, 3. In a cenealogy in 1 Ch G'""-"""", Ezr 7'"', beganniiig with Aaron and ending with Jchozadak at the Captivity, which seems as much intended to be a list of the high priests as 1 Ch a'"" is of the kings of Judah, and which aiipcars to be the basis of .Josephus' very corrupt lists {AnL VIII. i. 3, x. viii. 6), the name A. occurs twice — (a) 1 Ch 6'-" grandfather of Zadok, and therefore a younger contemjiorary of Kli. Of this man we have no other record ; see AliiATHAR. (/9) 1 Ch 6", Ezr 7", 1 Es 8^, 2 Es 1' (Amarias in Apocr. ), son to the Azariah who is sail) to have ministered in Solomon's temple. If, as is iirolfible, this remark applies to the previous Azariah, then this Amariah may be the same as No. 1. I'ut great uncertainty iiangs over these lists. In Ezr 7''° six names are omitted, perhaps b…
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Amariah
1. 1Ch 6:7; 1Ch 6:52. 2. High priest under Jehoshaphat, son of Azariah (1Ch 6:11; 2Ch 19:11), a seconder of that good king "in all matters of the Lord." 3. 1Ch 23:19. 4. Head of one of the 24 courses of priests which bore his name under David, Hezekiah, and Nehemiah (1Ch 24:14 Nehemiah or Immer; 2Ch 31:15; Neh 10:3; Neh 12:2; Neh 12:13). 5. Neh 11:4; Ezr 10:42. 6. Zep 1:1.
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