8 others in the registry answer to the name Amariah. Every Amariah in the Bible
- verses
- 1
- first named
- Zephaniah 1:1
- last named
- Zephaniah 1:1
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- role
- Man
Description
Who was Amariah?
Amariah is mentioned in the opening verse of the Book of Zephaniah, which provides the prophet's genealogy. He is listed as the great-grandfather of Zephaniah, who prophesied during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. (Zep.1.1)
The genealogy traces Zephaniah's lineage back four generations: Zephaniah, son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. This suggests that Zephaniah came from a notable family, possibly with royal or priestly connections, as the name Hezekiah may refer to the king of Judah.
Amariah's inclusion in this genealogy helps to establish Zephaniah's credibility and authority as a prophet. It also provides a historical context for Zephaniah's ministry, placing him during the reign of King Josiah, who instituted significant religious reforms in Judah. (2Ki.22-23)
Apart from being mentioned in Zephaniah's genealogy, no further details are provided about Amariah's life, his role, or any significant events associated with him.
The mention of Amariah in this context serves to underscore the importance of family lineage in establishing the legitimacy and authority of prophetic figures in ancient Israel. It also highlights the continuity of God's message through successive generations of His servants.
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
- HezekiahregistryZephaniah 1:1
Father of
- GedaliahregistryZephaniah 1:1
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.
1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in Zephaniah (1).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.
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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