Amariah (original) (raw)

Amariah (Hebrew: אֲמַרְיָה) means "promised by God" in Hebrew. It was commonly used as a name of priests in the History of ancient Israel and Judah. It appear several times in the Hebrew Bible: 1. * 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. 2. * A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of Moses (1 Chronicles 23:19; 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. * An ancestor of Ezra (1 Chronicles 6:11; Ezra 7:3). 5. * One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:15). 6. * Great-grandfath