AMARIA.H ( am ' (Heb. yaw', word of Jehovah).
1. A person mentioned in t Chron. vi:7, 52, in the list of descendants of Aaron by his eldest son Eleazer. He was the son of Meraioth and the father of Ahitub, who was (not the grandson and successor of Eli of the same name, but) the father of that Zadok in whose person Saul restored the high-priesthood to the line of Eleazer. The years during which the younger line of Itha mar enjoyed the pontificate in the persons of Eli, Ahitub, and Abimelech (who was slain by King Saul at Nob) doubtless more than cover the time of Amariah and his son Ahitub; and it is there fore sufficiently certain that they never were high-priests in fact, although their names are given to carry on the direct line of succession to Zadok. (13. C. 1 1oo.) 2. A high-priest at a later period, the son of Azariah, and also father of a second Ahitub Chron. vi :I I ; Ezra vii :3) or rather perhaps of Urijah (2 Kings xvi :to). B. C. about tots. In
like manner, in the same list, there arc three high priests bearing the name of Azariah.
3. A descendant of Kohath, son of Levi (t Chron. xxiii :19; xxiv :23), II. C. about tots.
4. Chief priest in the time of Jehoshaphat (2 Chron. xix :11), B. C. between 912 and 5. A Levite appointed by Hezekiali to distribute the temple dues among the priestly cities (2 Citron. xxxi :15), B. C. about 726.
6. Great-grandfather of the prophet Zephaniah (Zeph. :I), B. C. about 630.
7. A son of Bani who married a foreign wife in the time of Ezra (Ezra. x :42). B. C. 465.
8. A descendant of Pharez, the son of Judah (Nch. xi :4). probably the same as Intri (in t Chron. ix :4), 13. C. about 465.
9. A priest who with Nehemiah scaled the covenant (Neh. x :3 ; xii :2, 13), B. C. about 43o•