Amari'ah. (the Lord says, that is, promises).

1. Father of Ahitub, according to 1 Chronicles 6:7; 1 Chronicles 6:52 and son of Meraioth, in the line of the high priests.

2. The high priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat. 2 Chronicles 19:11. He was the son of Azariah.

3. The head of a Levitical house of the Kohathites. 1 Chronicles 23:13; 1 Chronicles 24:23

4. The head of one of the twenty-four courses of priest. 2 Chronicles 31:15; Nehemiah 10:3; Nehemiah 12:2; Nehemiah 12:13.

5. One of the sons of Bani , in the time of Ezra. Ezra 10:42

6. A priest who returned with Zerubbabel. Nehemiah 10:3; Nehemiah 12:2; Nehemiah 12:13

7. A descendant of Pharez. Nehemiah 11:4

8. An ancestor of Zephaniah, the prophet. Zephaniah 1:1.