Bible Person
Meaning: the Lord says; the integrity of the Lord · Male · 2 cross references
This Amariah entry refers to an early high-priestly ancestor in the Eleazar line, not to the later priestly or Levitical figures of the same name. He belongs to the genealogical backbone of Israel's priesthood. First appears in 1 Chr 6:7.1
AI summary: This Amariah matters because the cross references place him deep within the succession that preserves Aaronic continuity across generations. His importance lies in that priestly line itself: through such names the legitimacy and memory of sacred office are carried forward. Taken together, the material presents this Amariah as an early priestly ancestor whose place supports the long continuity of the high-priestly tradition.1
Central Figure
Amariah
Meaning: the Lord says; the integrity of the Lord
One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1 Chr.
One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1 Chr. 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. 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.