Amariah [Ămarī'ah]—jehovah hath said or promised.

1. A son of Meraioth, a priest descended from Phinehas (1 Chron. 6:7, 52).
2. The son of Azariah, a high priest in Solomon’s time (1 Chron. 6:11).
3. A descendant of Kohath, son of Levi (1 Chron. 23:19; 24:23).
4. Chief priest of Jehoshaphat’s time (2 Chron. 19:11).
5. A Levite appointed by Hezekiah to distribute tithes and offerings (2 Chron. 31:15).
6. A man of the family of Bani who married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:42).
7. A priest who signed the covenant (Neh. 10:3; 12:2, 13).
8. A descendant of Judah by Perez (Neh. 11:4).
9. An ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet in Josiah’s time (Zeph. 1:1).