8 others in the registry answer to the name Amariah. Every Amariah in the Bible
person
Amariah
אֲמַרְיָ֫הוּ
Amariah was a high priest during the reign of Jehoshaphat and an ancestor of Ezra the scribe.
- verses
- 2
- first named
- 1 Chronicles 6:11
- last named
- Ezra 7:3
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- tribe
- Levi
Description
Who was Amariah?
Amariah is mentioned in the genealogies of the Levitical priesthood as a descendant of Aaron through his son Eleazar. He served as the high priest during the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. (1Ch.6.11)
As a high priest, Amariah would have been responsible for overseeing the temple worship, offering sacrifices, and leading the other priests in their duties. He played a significant role in the religious life of Judah during Jehoshaphat's reign.
Jehoshaphat was known for his devotion to God and his efforts to reform and strengthen the religious and judicial systems in Judah. (2Ch.17.1-9; 19.4-11) As the high priest, Amariah would have supported and collaborated with the king in these endeavors.
In the genealogy of Ezra the scribe, who led a group of exiles back to Jerusalem during the Persian period, Amariah is listed as one of his ancestors. (Ezr.7.3) This connection highlights the continuity of the priestly lineage and the importance of the high priestly office in the religious leadership of Israel.
Apart from these brief mentions, no further details are provided about Amariah's life, his specific actions as high priest, or any other significant events associated with him.
The inclusion of Amariah in the genealogies emphasizes the significance of the high priestly office, the continuity of the Aaronic priesthood, and the role of the priests in maintaining the religious life of Israel throughout its history.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
Child of
- Azariah — first named at 1 Chronicles 6:9registryEzra 7:3
- Azariah — first named at 1 Kings 4:21 Chronicles 6:11
Father of
- Ahitubregistry1 Chronicles 6:11Ezra 7:3
Places
Where this happens
A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.
No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.
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The pattern
Where Amariah is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
2 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in 1 Chronicles (1) and Ezra (1).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books. The name is written 3 times in them.
1 Chronicles1 verse
Ezra1 verse
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
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