Amariah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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

A. H. M‘Neile.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Amari'ah. (The Lord Says, that is, Promises).

1. Father of Ahitub, according to  1 Chronicles 6:7;  1 Chronicles 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;  1 Chronicles 24:23

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

7. A descendant of Pharez.  Nehemiah 11:4

8. An ancestor of Zephaniah, the prophet.  Zephaniah 1:1.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Meraioth of the tribe of Levi.  1 Chronicles 6:7,52 .

2. Son of Azariah of the tribe of Levi.  1 Chronicles 6:11;   Ezra 7:3 .

3. Son of Hebron, a descendant of Kohath.  1 Chronicles 23:19;  1 Chronicles 24:23 .

4. Chief priest in the time of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.  2 Chronicles 19:11 .

5. One of the Levites in the time of Hezekiah.  2 Chronicles 31:15 .

6. One who had married a strange wife.  Ezra 10:42 .

7. Priest who sealed the covenant.  Nehemiah 10:3 .

8. One whose descendants dwelt in Jerusalem after the return from exile.  Nehemiah 11:4 .

9. Priest who had returned with Zerubbabel.  Nehemiah 12:2,13 .

10. An ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet.  Zephaniah 1:1 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  1 Chronicles 6:7;  1 Chronicles 6:52.

2. High priest under Jehoshaphat, son of Azariah ( 1 Chronicles 6:11;  2 Chronicles 19:11), a seconder of that good king "in all matters of the Lord."

3.  1 Chronicles 23:19.

4. Head of one of the 24 courses of priests which bore his name under David, Hezekiah, and Nehemiah ( 1 Chronicles 24:14 Nehemiah or Immer;  2 Chronicles 31:15;  Nehemiah 10:3;  Nehemiah 12:2;  Nehemiah 12:13).

5.  Nehemiah 11:4;  Ezra 10:42.

6.  Zephaniah 1:1.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 6:52 Ezra 7:3 2 1 Chronicles 6:11 3 1 Chronicles 23:19 1 Chronicles 24:23 4 2 Chronicles 19:11 5 2 Chronicles 31:15 6 Ezra 10:42 7 Nehemiah 10:3 8 Nehemiah 11:4 9 Nehemiah 12:2 10 Nehemiah 12:13 11 Zephaniah 1:1

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 10:42 .

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Amariah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/amariah.html. 1897.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Meraioth, a descendant of Aaron in the line of Eleazar. He was the father of Ahitub, (See  1 Chronicles 6:7

2. High priest at a later period, a son of Azariah, and father of another Ahitub,  1 Chronicles 6:11 . In like manner, in the same list there are three persons named Azariah.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Amaryah', אֲמִדְיָה , Said [i.e. promised] by Jehovah, q. d. Theophrastus; also in the paragogic form Amarya'Hu, אֲמִדְיָהוּ ,  1 Chronicles 24:23;  2 Chronicles 19:11;  2 Chronicles 31:15), the name of several men.

1. (Sept. Ἀμαρίας , Ἀμαρία . ) A person mentioned in  1 Chronicles 6:7;  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.

2. (Sept. Ἀμαριά , Ἀμαρίας . ) A Levite, second son of Hebron and grandson of Kohath of the lineage of Moses ( 1 Chronicles 23:19;  1 Chronicles 24:23). B.C. 1014.

3. A "chief-priest" active in the political reformation instituted by Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 19:11); perhaps identical with the high-priest that appears to have intervened between Azariah and Johanan ( 1 Chronicles 6:9). See High-Priest. BC 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 ( 1 Chronicles 6:11;  Ezra 7:3), or rather, perhaps, of Urijah ( 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.

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 ( 2 Chronicles 31:15). B.C. 726.

6. (Sept. Ἀμορίας v. r. Ἀμορείας and Ἀμαρίας . ) The son of Hizkiah and father of Gedaliah, which last was grandfather of the prophet Zephaniah ( Zephaniah 1:1). B.C. long ante 640.

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 ( Nehemiah 11:4). B.C. long ante 536.

8. (Sept. Ἀμαρία . ) One of the priests who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel ( Nehemiah 10:3), B.C. 536, and afterward (in extreme age, if the same) sealed the covenant with Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 12:2), B.C. cir. 410. He appears to have been identical with the chief-priest the father of Jehohanan ( Nehemiah 12:13).

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 ( Ezra 10:42). B.C. 459.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

am - a - rı̄´a ( אמויה , 'ămaryāh and אמריהוּ , 'ămaryāhū , "the Lord has said"; compare HPN , 180, 285). (1) A L evite in the line of Aaron-Eleazar; a son of Meraioth and grandfather of Zadok ( 1 Chronicles 6:7 ,  1 Chronicles 6:52 ) who lived in David's time. Compare Zadok ( 2 Samuel 15:27 , etc.) also Ant , VIII, i, 3 and X, viii, 6. (2) A L evite in the line of Kohath-Hebron referred to in  1 Chronicles 23:19 and   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" ( 1 Chronicles 6:10 f). Compare   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 ( 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 ( Nehemiah 11:4 ). Compare Imri ( 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 ( 2 Chronicles 31:15 ). (7) A son of Bani who had married a foreign woman ( Ezra 10:42 ). See number (5) of this article (8) A priest who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:3 ); he had returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel ( Nehemiah 12:2 ) and was the father of Jehohanan (compare Hanani,  Ezra 10:20 ), priest at the time of Joiakim ( Nehemiah 12:13 ). Compare Immer ( Ezra 2:37;  Ezra 10:20;  Nehemiah 7:40 ) and also Emmeruth (the King James Version "Meruth," 1 Esdras 5:24). (9) An ancestor of Zephaniah, the prophet ( Zephaniah 1:1 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Amariah, 1

Amari´ah (whom Jehovah said, i.e. promised, equivalent to the Greek name Theophrastus), mentioned in  1 Chronicles 6:7, in the list of the descendants of Aaron by his eldest son Eleazer. He was the son of Meraioth and the father of Ahitub, who 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 Eleazer. 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) doubtless more than cover the time of Amariah and his son Ahitub; and it is therefore sufficiently certain that they never were high-priests in fact, although their names are given to carry on the direct line of succession to Zadok.

Amariah, 2

Amariah, high-priest at a later period, the son of Azariah, and also father of a second Ahitub ( 1 Chronicles 6:11). In like manner, in the same list, there are three high-priests bearing the name of Azariah.

Amariah, 3

Amariah, great-grandfather of the prophet Zephaniah ( Zephaniah 1:1).