Amariah

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Said by Jehovah. (1.) 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. (2.) A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of Moses (1 Chr. 23:19; 24:23). (3.) 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. (4.) 1 Chr. 6:11; Ezra 7:3. (5.) One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 31:15). (6.) Zeph. 1:1. (7.) Neh. 11:4. (8.) Neh. 10:3. (9.) Ezra 10:42.

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ISBE

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 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 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 ( Ne 10:3 ); he had returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel ( Ne 12:2 ) and was the father of Jehohanan (compare Hanani, Ezr 10:20 ), priest at the time of Joiakim ( Ne 12:13 ). Compare Immer ( Ezr 2:37 ; 10:20 ; Ne 7:40 ) and also Emmeruth (the King James Version "Meruth," 1 Esdras 5:24). (9) An ancestor of Zephaniah, the prophet ( Ze 1:1 ). A. L. Breslich

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(the Lord says, i.e. promises).

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