Amariah
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Template:Short description Amariah (Template:Langx) 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:
- One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".,Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".). 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.
- A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of Moses (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
- A "chief priest" who took an active part in the reformation under Jehoshaphat (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".); probably the same as mentioned in Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"..
- An ancestor of Ezra (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
- One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
- Great-grandfather of Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1). A late 8th – early 7th century BCE bulla reading "[belonging to] Amaryahu, son of the King" might refer to him.[1]
- Great-grandfather of Athaiah (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
- One of the persons who sealed the covenant (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
- One of the persons who had taken 'strange wives' (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
High Priest
Patrilineal ancestry as per 1 Chronicles chapter 5 Template:Patrilineal descent of the High Priests of Israel
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