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Amaziah of Judah (pronounced / æ m ə ˈ z aɪ. ə /, Hebrew: אֲמַצְיָהוּ, ʼĂmaṣyāhū, meaning "the strength of the Lord", "strengthened by Yahweh", or "Yahweh is mighty"; Greek: Αμασίας; Latin: Amasias), [1] was the ninth king of Judah and the son and successor of Joash.
Amaziah or Amasias (in the Douay-Rheims translation) (Hebrew: אֲמַצְיָה, "strengthened by God"; Latin: Amasias) may refer to: Amaziah of Judah , the king of Judah A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1 Chronicles 6:45)
Berbers, or the Berber peoples, [a] also known as Amazigh [b] or Imazighen, [c] are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Maghreb.
Amaziah is the name of 3 minor biblical figures. In Amos 7:10 , Amaziah is a priest of Bethel who confronts Amos and rejects his prophesying against king Jeroboam II . As a result, Amos is led to prophesy the doom of Amaziah's family, the loss of his land and his death in exile.
The first 24 years of his reign were as a co-regent with his father, Amaziah. William F. Albright dates Uzziah's reign to 783–742 BC. [ 2 ] Edwin R. Thiele 's chronology has Uzziah becoming coregent with his father Amaziah in 792/791 BCE [ 3 ] and sole ruler of Judah after his father's death in 768/767 BCE.
Amaziah, king of Judah (25:1–16) [ edit ] Verses 1–4 and verse 11 in this section parallel to 2 Kings 14 , along by two parts unique to the Chronicler: verses 5–10 and verses 12–16, both involving a prophetic figure.
Jehoash utterly defeated Amaziah at Beth-shemesh, on the borders of Dan and Philistia. Jehoash then advanced on Jerusalem, broke down a portion of the wall, and carried away the treasures of the Temple and the palace. Jehoash took Amaziah as a prisoner. Amaziah's defeat was followed by a conspiracy that took his life. [10]
Amaziah was an idolatrous [1] priest of Bethel (Amos 7:10–17), who lived during the reign of Jeroboam II of the Kingdom of Samaria. [2] Amaziah banned Amos from prophesying against Israel . [ 2 ] Francis Gigot considers it "probable" that Amos left Bethel in compliance with Amaziah's directives, and "withdrew to Juda[h]".