Dictionaries :: Amariah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Amariah:

said by Jehovah. (1.) One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1Ch 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 (1Ch 23:19; 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.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Amariah:

the Lord says; the integrity of the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

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 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).

Written by Arthur L. Breslich

Nave's Topical Bible

Amariah: 1. Two Levites

1Ch 6:7, 52; 23:19; 24:23

Amariah: 2. Chief Priest in the Reign of Jehoshaphat

2Ch 19:11

Amariah: 3. A High Priest

Father of Ahitub,

1Ch 6:11; Ezr 7:3.

Amariah: 4. A Levite

Who assisted in distributing temple gifts,

2Ch 31:15-19.

Amariah: 5. Son of Hizkiah

Zep 1:1

Amariah: 6. Father of Zechariah

Neh 11:4

Amariah: 7. A Priest

Returned from exile,

Neh 10:3; 12:2.

Probably identical with one mentioned in

Neh 12:13.

Amariah: 8. A Returned Exile

Divorces his idolatrous wife,

Ezr 10:42.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Amariah:

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

(1.) Father of Ahitub according to 1 Chronicles 6:7; 6:52 and son of Meraioth, in the line of the high priests.

(2.) The high priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 19:11). He was the son of Azariah.

(3.) The head of a Levitical house of the Kohathites (1 Chronicles 23:13; 24:23).

(4.) The head of one of the twenty‐four courses of priest (2 Chronicles 31:15; Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2; 12:13).

(5.) One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra (Ezra 10:42).

(6.) A priest who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2, 13).

(7.) A descendant of Pharez (Nehemiah 11:4).

(8.) An ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet (Zephaniah 1:1).