Bible Person

Amariah

Meaning: the Lord says; the integrity of the Lord · Male · 2 cross references

This Amariah entry refers to the priestly ancestor preserved in the genealogy echoed again in Ezra, not to the earlier Eleazarite figure or the Levitical son of Hebron. He belongs to the carefully maintained line through which priestly legitimacy is remembered. First appears in 1 Chr 6:11.1

AI summary: This Amariah matters because the cross references link Chronicles and Ezra in preserving the same priestly succession across very different periods of Israel's history. That continuity shows how restored worship after exile still understood itself in relation to earlier sacred lineage. Taken together, the material presents this Amariah as a priestly genealogical link connecting pre-exilic lineage memory with post-exilic identity.1

Central Figure

Amariah

Meaning: the Lord says; the integrity of the Lord

1 Chr.