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Amariah
ăm˝ərī´ə [key], in the Bible.
1
High priest, son of Meraioth. Perhaps he is the same as
2
and
3.
2
High priest, son of Azariah. Perhaps he is the same as
1,
3,
and
4.
3
Ancestor of Ezra. Perhaps he is the same as
1
and
2.
4
High priest under Jehoshaphat. Perhaps he is the same as
2.
5
Levite.
6,
7
Contemporaries of Ezra, perhaps the same person.
8
A priestly family. See
Immer
1
and
Imri
1.
9
Ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah.
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