8 others in the registry answer to the name Amariah. Every Amariah in the Bible
- verses
- 2
- first named
- 1 Chronicles 6:7
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 6:52
- period
- United Monarchy
- tribe
- Levi
Description
Who was Amariah?
Amariah is mentioned in the genealogy of the Levitical priesthood, specifically in the lineage of Aaron's son Eleazar. He is listed as the son of Meraioth and the father of Ahitub, who was the father of Zadok, the high priest during the reigns of David and Solomon. (1Ch.6.7,52)
The genealogy in 1Chronicles 6 traces the descendants of Levi, focusing on the priestly line of Aaron. It establishes the legitimacy and continuity of the priesthood, highlighting significant figures such as Zadok, who played a crucial role in the religious life of Israel during the united monarchy.
Amariah's position in the genealogy emphasizes the importance of the priestly lineage and the passing down of the priestly office from one generation to another. It also demonstrates God's faithfulness in maintaining the priesthood according to His covenant with Aaron and his descendants.
Apart from being mentioned in the genealogy, no further details are provided about Amariah's life, his role as a priest, or any significant events associated with him.
The inclusion of Amariah in the priestly genealogy serves to validate the legitimacy of Zadok's priesthood and to underscore the importance of the Aaronic lineage in the religious leadership of Israel. It also highlights the significance of genealogical records in establishing the authority and continuity of the priesthood.
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Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
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A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.
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