Amariah
[Ămarī’ah] – jehovah hath said or promised.
1. A son of Meraioth, a priest descended from Phinehas (1 Chron. 6:7-52).
2. The son of Azariah, a high priest in Solomon’s time (1 Chron. 6:11).
3. A descendant of Kohath, son of Levi (1 Chron. 23:19; 1 Chron. 24:23).
4. Chief priest of Jehoshaphat’s time (2 Chron. 19:11).
5. A Levite appointed by Hezekiah to distribute tithes and offerings (2 Chron. 31:15).
6. A man of the family of Bani who married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:42).
7. A priest who signed the covenant (Neh. 10:3; Neh. 12:2-13).
8. A descendant of Judah by Perez (Neh. 11:4).
9. An ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet in Josiah’s time (Zeph. 1:1).
Today’s reading is from:
All the Men of the Bible
by Herbert Lockyer
A portrait gallery and reference library of over 3,000 named biblical characters. Characters you can learn from and teachings you can apply.
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* All the Women of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer
