3 others in the registry answer to the name Amaziah. Every Amaziah in the Bible
- verses
- 34
- first named
- 2 Kings 12:21
- last named
- 2 Chronicles 26:4
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- tribe
- Judah
Description
Who was Amaziah?
Amaziah was the son of Joash and the ninth king of Judah. He began his reign at the age of 25 and reigned for 29 years in Jerusalem. Amaziah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly like his ancestor David. He executed the officials who had murdered his father, but spared their children in obedience to the law of Moses. Amaziah also defeated the Edomites in battle, capturing Sela and renaming it Joktheel. However, he later challenged King Jehoash of Israel to battle and was defeated, resulting in the plundering of the temple and palace in Jerusalem. Amaziah outlived Jehoash by 15 years. He was eventually conspired against and killed in Lachish, and his son Uzziah succeeded him as king.
Relations
Direct connections
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.
The 10 best-attested of 21 are drawn. All 21 are listed below.
Child of
Father of
Spouse of
- Jecoliahregistry, no verse
Took part in
- Amaziah Joash Meeting2 Chronicles 25:172 Chronicles 25:21
- Amaziah’s kingship2 Kings 14:12 Kings 14:2
- Amaziah’s reign — first named at 2 Chronicles 25:12 Chronicles 25:1
- Amaziah’s reign — first named at 2 Kings 14:22 Kings 14:2
- Amaziah’s striking down of Men Of Seir2 Chronicles 25:11
- People Of Judah’s kingship of Uzziah and Amaziah2 Chronicles 26:1
Stands in the same events as
- Joash10 events
- Judah8 events
- Jerusalem6 events
- Lachish6 events
- Beth-shemesh4 events
- Edom3 events
- Uzziah3 events
- Joash3 events
- Salt Valley3 events
- Horse2 events
- Sela2 events
- Israel1 event
and 9 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 34, across 3 books. The name is written 35 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- 2 Kings 12Amaziah reigned in Joash's place.
- 2 Kings 14Amaziah became king of Judah, spared the children of his father’s murderers, defeated Edom, challenged Jehoash, was captured, and was later killed at Lachish.
- 2 Chronicles 25Amaziah executed his father’s murderers, raised an army, defeated Seir, worshiped its gods, lost to Jehoash, and was killed at Lachish.
- 2 Chronicles 26Amaziah was succeeded by his son Uzziah after he rested with his fathers.
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