Category:Amariah

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Amariah - Said by Jehovah. (1.) One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1 Chronicles 6:7, 1 Chronicles 6:52). 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 (1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23). (3.) 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. (4.) 1 Chronicles 6:11; Ezra 7:3. (5.) One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:15). (6.) Zephaniah 1:1. (7.) Nehemiah 11:4. (8.) Nehemiah 10:3. (9.) Ezra 10:42.