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{{Short description|Given name}}
'''Amariah''' ({{langx|he|אֲמַרְיָה}}) means "promised by God" in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]. <!--I think-->
It was commonly used as a name of priests in the [[History of ancient Israel and Judah]].  It appear several times in the [[Hebrew Bible]]:

#One of the descendants of [[Aaron]] by [[Eleazar]] ({{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|6:7|9}},{{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|6:52|9|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.
#A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of [[Moses]] ({{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|23:19|9}}; {{bibleverse-nb|1 Chronicles|24:23|9}}).
#A "chief priest" who took an active part in the reformation under [[Jehoshaphat]] ({{bibleverse|2 Chronicles|19:11|9}}); probably the same as mentioned in {{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|6:9|9}}.
#An ancestor of [[Ezra]] ({{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|6:11|9}}; {{bibleverse|Ezra|7:3|9}}). 
#One of the high priests in the time of [[Hezekiah]] ({{bibleverse|2 Chronicles|31:15|9}}). 
#Great-grandfather of [[Zephaniah]] ([[Zephaniah 1:1]]). A late 8th – early 7th century BCE bulla reading "[belonging to] Amaryahu, son of the King" might refer to him.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Bulla of 'Amaryahu Son of the King, the ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah|journal=Transeuphratène|url=https://www.academia.edu/9823742|last1=van der Veen|first1=P.|location=Paris|last2=Deutsch|first2=R.|volume=46|pages=121–132 (with Pls. 9–10)|year=2014|series=J. Elayi – J.-M. Durand (eds.). ''Bible et Proche-Orient. Mélanges André Lemaire''. 3 vol. (Transeuphratène 46)|issn=0996-5904}}</ref>
#Great-grandfather of Athaiah ({{bibleverse|Nehemiah|11:4|9}}). 
#One of the persons who sealed the covenant ({{bibleverse|Nehemiah|10:3|9}}). 
#One of the persons who had taken 'strange wives' ({{bibleverse|Ezra|10:42|9}}).

== High Priest ==
Patrilineal ancestry as per [[1 Chronicles 5|1 Chronicles chapter 5]]
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== References ==
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