Amaziah ("strengthened by God") was the name of several individuals in the Hebrew Bible. The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written in Biblical Hebrew (and the related Biblical Aramaic
- Amaziah of Judah, the king of Judah. Amaziah of Judah (אמציה was the king of Judah, and son and successor of Joash ( 2 Kings 141-4 Judea is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel.
- A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1 Chronicles 6:45). In the Jewish tradition a Levite ( is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. The Books of Chronicles ( Hebrew Divrei Hayyamim, דברי הימים Greek Paraleipomêna) are part of the Hebrew Bible (Jewish
- A priest of the golden calves at Bethel (Amos 7:10-17). Bethel (בֵּית אֵל also written as Beth El or Beth-El, meaning "House of God" (in general or " House of (the specific god named El The Book of Amos is one of the books of the Nevi'im (Hebrew "prophets" and of the Christian Old Testament.
- The father of Joshah, one of the leaders of the tribe of Simeon in the time of Hezekiah (1 Chr. The Tribe of Simeon ( was one of the Tribes of Israel. At its height the territory it occupied was in the southwest of Canaan, bordered on the east and south by Hezekiah (or Ezekias) ( Hebrew: Ḥizqiyyāhu Khizkiyahu or Yəḥizqiyyāhu Y'khizkiyahu " the {{LORD}} has strengthened" compare 4:34).
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