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<p> <strong> [[Amariah]] </strong> (‘J″ [Note: Jahweh.] said’ or ‘promised’). <strong> 1 </strong> .&nbsp; Zephaniah 1:1 , great-grandfather of the prophet Zephaniah, and son of a [[Hezekiah]] who may be the king. This is the only instance of the name that is certainly pre-exilic. <strong> 2 </strong> . 1Ch 6:7; &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 6:52 , grandfather of [[Zadok]] the priest. <strong> 3 </strong> . 1Ch 23:19; &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 24:23 , a [[Levite]] in David’s time. <strong> 4 </strong> . &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 6:11 , &nbsp; Ezra 7:3 ( <strong> [[Amarias]] </strong> , &nbsp; Esther 8:2 &nbsp;Esther 8:2 , 2E&nbsp; Esther 1:2 ), son of Azariah, who is said to have ministered in Solomon’s temple. The lists in which <strong> 2 </strong> and <strong> 4 </strong> occur are very uncertain, and the name may refer to the same person in both. <strong> 5 </strong> . &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 19:11 , a high priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat. <strong> 6 </strong> . &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 31:16 , a Levite, a gate-porter, in Hezekiah’s time. <strong> 7 </strong> . &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:2; &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:18; &nbsp; Nehemiah 10:3 , a priestly clan which returned to Jerusalem, and sealed the covenant under Nehemiah (probably the same as <strong> [[Immer]] </strong> , &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 24:14 , &nbsp; Ezra 2:37; &nbsp; Ezra 10:20 , &nbsp; Nehemiah 7:40 <strong> [Meruth </strong> , 1Es 5:24 ]). <strong> 8 </strong> . &nbsp; Ezra 10:42 , a Judahite, one of the sons of [[Bani]] (&nbsp; Ezra 10:34 , cf. &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 9:4 ) who had taken strange wives. <strong> 9 </strong> . &nbsp; Nehemiah 11:4 , a Judahite who offered to dwell in Jerusalem. <strong> 10 </strong> . &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:12 , where <strong> [[Meraiah]] </strong> is probably a corruption of Amariah (which is found in Syr. and Luc.). </p> <p> A. H. M‘Neile. </p>

<p> '''Amari'ah.''' ''(The Lord Says,'' that is, ''Promises).'' </p> <p> 1. Father of Ahitub, according to &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:7; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:52 and son of Meraioth, in the line of the high priests. </p> <p> 2. The high priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat. &nbsp;2 Chronicles 19:11. He was the son of Azariah. </p> <p> 3. The head of a [[Levitical]] house of the Kohathites. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:13; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:23 </p> <p> 4. The head of one of the twenty-four courses of priest. &nbsp;2 Chronicles 31:15; &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:3; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:2; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:13. </p> <p> 5. One of the sons of Bani , in the time of Ezra. &nbsp;Ezra 10:42 </p> <p> 6. A priest who returned with Zerubbabel. &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:3; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:2; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:13 </p> <p> 7. A descendant of Pharez. &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:4 </p> <p> 8. An ancestor of Zephaniah, the prophet. &nbsp;Zephaniah 1:1. </p>

<li> &nbsp;Ezra 10:42 . <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Amariah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/amariah.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> (Hebrew Amaryah', אֲמִדְיָה '', Said'' [i.e. promised] by ''Jehovah,'' q. d. Theophrastus; also in the paragogic form ''Amarya'Hu, אֲמִדְיָהוּ'' , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:23; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 19:11; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 31:15), the name of several men. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Sept. Ἀμαρίας, Ἀμαρία ''.'' ) A person mentioned in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:7; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:52, in the list of the descendants of Aaron by his eldest son Eleazar, as the son of Meraioth and the father of Ahitub, which last was (not the grandson and successor of [[Eli]] of the same name, but) the father of that Zadok in whose person Saul restored the high-priesthood to the line of Eleazar. The years during which the younger line of [[Ithamar]] enjoyed the pontificate in the persons of Eli, Ahitub, and [[Abimelech]] (who was slain by King Saul at Nob) were doubtless more than sufficient to cover the time of this Amariah and his son [[Ahitub]] (q.v.), if they were contemporary, and it has, therefore, been thought that they never were high-priests in fact, although their names are given to carry on the direct line of succession to Zadok. But it is more probable that Amariah was the last of the high-priests of Eleazar's line prior to its transfer (for some unknown reason) to the house of Ithamar in the person of Eli (q.v.), and that the Ahitub whose son Zadok was the first to regain the lost succession was a more distant descendant in private life, the intermediate names in the genealogy being omitted. (See [[High-Priest]]). B.C. ante 1125. [[Josephus]] ''(Ant.'' 8, 1, 3) calls him ''Arophceus'' (Ἀροφαῖος ), and says he lived in private, the pontificate being at the time in the family of Ithamar. </p> <p> '''2.''' (Sept. Ἀμαριά, Ἀμαρίας ''.'' ) A Levite, second son of [[Hebron]] and grandson of [[Kohath]] of the lineage of Moses (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:19; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:23). B.C. 1014. </p> <p> '''3.''' A "chief-priest" active in the political reformation instituted by Jehoshaphat (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 19:11); perhaps identical with the high-priest that appears to have intervened between Azariah and [[Johanan]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:9). See HIGH-PRIEST. B.C. 895. Josephus (Ant. 9, 1, 1) calls him "Amasias the priest" (Ἀμασίας ὁ ἱερεύς ); and says that he (as well as Zebadiah) was of the tribe of Judah, a statement probably due to the inaccuracy of the text (ἑκατέρους '', "'' both," being evidently spurious or corrupt, see Hudson, in loc.). In the list of Josephus ''(Ant.'' 10, 8, 6) his name does not appear. '''4.''' (Sept. Ἀμαρίας, but Σαμαρεία v. r. Σαμαρία in Ezra.) A high-priest at a somewhat later date, the son of another Azariah (q.v.), and also father of a different Ahitub (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:11; &nbsp;Ezra 7:3), or rather, perhaps, of [[Urijah]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 16:10). (See High-Priest). B.C. prob. ante 740. Josephus ''(Ant.'' 10, ''8,'' 6) appears to call him [[Jotham]] (Ι᾿ώθαμος )'','' as also the [[Jewish]] chronicle ''Seder Olam.'' </p> <p> '''5.''' (Sept. Ἀμαρίας v. r. Μαρίας ''.'' ) One of the Levites appointed by Hezekiah to superintend the distribution of the temple dues among the sacerdotal cities (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 31:15). B.C. 726. </p> <p> '''6.''' (Sept. Ἀμορίας v. r. Ἀμορείας and Ἀμαρίας ''.'' ) The son of [[Hizkiah]] and father of Gedaliah, which last was grandfather of the prophet Zephaniah (&nbsp;Zephaniah 1:1). B.C. long ante 640. </p> <p> '''7.''' (Sept. Σαμαρία ''.'' ) The son of [[Shephatiah]] and father of Zechariah, which last was grandfather of Athaiah, the Judahite descendant of Pharez, resident at Jerusalem after the exile (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:4). B.C. long ante 536. </p> <p> '''8.''' (Sept. Ἀμαρία ''.'' ) One of the priests who returned from [[Babylon]] with [[Zerubbabel]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 10:3), B.C. 536, and afterward (in extreme age, if the same) sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:2), B.C. cir. 410. He appears to have been identical with the chief-priest the father of [[Jehohanan]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:13). </p> <p> '''9.''' (Sept. Ἀμαρίας v. r. Ἀμαρεία ''.'' ) One of the [[Israelite]] "sons" of Bani, who divorced the [[Gentile]] wife whom he had married after the return from Babylon (&nbsp;Ezra 10:42). B.C. 459. </p>

<p> '''''am''''' -'''''a''''' -'''''rı̄´a''''' ( אמויה , <i> ''''''ămaryāh''''' </i> and אמריהוּ , <i> ''''''ămaryāhū''''' </i> , "the Lord has said"; compare <i> HPN </i> , 180, 285). (1) A L evite in the line of Aaron-Eleazar; a son of Meraioth and grandfather of Zadok (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:7 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:52 ) who lived in David's time. Compare Zadok (&nbsp;2 Samuel 15:27 , etc.) also <i> Ant </i> , VIII, i, 3 and X, viii, 6. (2) A L evite in the line of Kohath-Hebron referred to in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:19 and &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 24:23 at the time when David divided the Levites into courses. (3) A L evite in the line of Aaron-Eleazar; a son of Azariah who "executed the priest's office in the house that [[Solomon]] built" (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:10 f). Compare &nbsp; 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 (&nbsp;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 (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:4 ). Compare [[Imri]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:4 ) and number (7) of this article, which Amariah seems to be of the same family, (6) A L evite and an assistant of [[Kore]] who was appointed by Hezekiah to distributed the "oblations of Yahweh" to their brethren (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 31:15 ). (7) A son of Bani who had married a foreign woman (&nbsp;Ezra 10:42 ). See number (5) of this article (8) A priest who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant (&nbsp;Nehemiah 10:3 ); he had returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:2 ) and was the father of Jehohanan (compare Hanani, &nbsp;Ezra 10:20 ), priest at the time of [[Joiakim]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:13 ). Compare Immer (&nbsp;Ezra 2:37; &nbsp;Ezra 10:20; &nbsp;Nehemiah 7:40 ) and also [[Emmeruth]] (the King James Version "Meruth," 1 Esdras 5:24). (9) An ancestor of Zephaniah, the prophet (&nbsp;Zephaniah 1:1 ). </p>