Bible Person

Amaziah

Meaning: the strength of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference

This Amaziah entry refers to a Merarite Levite in the genealogies of Chronicles, not to the king of Judah or the Simeonite family figure. He belongs to the sacred family lines through which Levitical continuity is preserved. First appears in 1 Chr 6:45.1

AI summary: This Amaziah matters because his single cross reference places him within the Merarite chain that sustains the remembered order of Levitical descent. Even without a narrative role, the entry contributes to the continuity of sacred lineage. Taken together, the material presents this Amaziah as a Levitical genealogical figure in the preserved worship tradition.1

Central Figure

Amaziah

Meaning: the strength of the Lord

A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1 Chr.