AMARIAH

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2. Amariah

a) Meaning: said by Jehovah.

b) This name appears many times in the Old Testament.

i) One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1 Chronicles 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.

ii) A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of Moses (1 Chronicles 23:19; 24:23).

iii)  A “chief priest” who took an active part in the reformation under Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 19:11). Probably the same as mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6:9.

iv) “Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub” (1 Chronicles. 6:11); Ezra descended from him (Ezra 7:3).

v) One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:15).

vi) Great-grandfather of Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1).

vii) Son was at Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:4).

viii) Listed as one who was sealed (Nehemiah 10:3).

ix) Listed as a man who had a foreign wife (Ezra 10:42).