| Amaziah | |
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| Amaziah of Judah | |
| Reign | over Judah 796-792 BC Entire reign 796-767 BC |
| Died | c.767 BC |
| Place of death | Lachish[1] |
| Predecessor | Jehoash of Judah |
| Successor | Uzziah |
| Consort | Jecoliah |
| Royal House | House of David |
| Father | Jehoash of Judah |
| Mother | Jehoaddan (Hebrew: יהועדין or יְהוֹעַדָּן; Latin: Joadan) of Jerusalem |
Amaziah of Judah, Amasias (DRB), pronounced /æməˈzaɪ.ə/, and Amatzyah (Hebrew: אֲמַצְיָהוּ, ʼĂmaṣyāhû ; meaning "the strength of the Lord," "strengthened by Jehovah," or "Yahweh is mighty"; Greek: αμασιας; Latin: Amasias)[2] was the king of Judah, the son and successor of Joash. His mother was Jehoaddan (rendered "Joadan" in the Douay-Rheims and some other translations) (2 Kings 14:1-4) and his son was Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:1). He took the throne at the age of 25 (2 Chronicles 25:1). He reigned for 29 years (2 Kings 14:2) from 797/796 to 768/767 BC.[3] Edwin R. Thiele's chronology has Uzziah becoming co-regent with his father in 792/791 BC, with his sole reign starting on the death of Amaziah.
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Vengeance[link]
Amaziah began his reign by punishing the murderers of his father (2 Kings 14:5; 2 Chronicles 25:3). He was the first to employ a mercenary army of 100,000 Israelite soldiers, which he did in his attempt to bring the Edomites again under the yoke of Judah (2 Chr. 25:5, 6). He was commanded by an unnamed prophet to send back the mercenaries, to whom he acquiesced (2 Chr. 25:7-10, 13), much to the annoyance of the mercenaries. His obedience to this command was followed by a decisive victory over the Edomites (2 Chr. 25:14-16).
War against Israel[link]
Amaziah began to worship some of the idols he took from the Edomites. He was defeated by Jehoash, king of Israel whom he had challenged to battle. Jehoash made Amaziah his prisoner.[4] His defeat was followed by a conspiracy that took his life (2 Kings 14:8-14, 19). Amaziah was slain at Lachish, to which he had fled, and his body was brought upon horses to Jerusalem, where it was buried in the royal sepulchre (2 Kings 14:19, 20; 2 Chr. 25:27, 28).
Chronological notes[link]
The calendars for reckoning the years of kings in Judah and Israel were offset by six months, that of Judah starting in Tishri (in the fall) and that of Israel in Nisan (in the spring). Cross-synchronizations between the two kingdoms therefore often allow narrowing of the beginning and/or ending dates of a king to within a six-month range. For Amaziah, the Scriptural data allow the narrowing of his accession to some time between Nisan 1 of 796 BC and the day before Tishri 1 of the same BC year. For calculation purposes, this should be taken as the Judean year beginning in Tishri of 797/796 BC, or more simply 797 BC. His death occurred at some time between Nisan 1 and Tishri 1 of 767 BC, i.e. in 768/767 by Judean reckoning, or more simply 768 BC.
Geographical note[link]
Amatzia, Israel is named after him.
References[link]
This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.
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Amaziah of Judah
Cadet branch of the Tribe of Judah
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| Preceded by Jehoash |
King of Judah 797 BC – 768 BC |
Succeeded by Uzziah |
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Amaziah or Amasias (in the Douay-Rheims) (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)
- A priest of the golden calves at Bethel (Amos 7:10-17)
- The father of Joshah, one of the leaders of the tribe of Simeon in the time of Hezekiah (1 Chr. 4:34)
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