אֲמַצְיָהʼĂmatsyâh

proper name, masculine: has been

Pronunciation: am-ats-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H558

Meanings

1. king of Judah, son of Joash, father of Azariah (2 Kings 14:1; 2 Kings 14:9; 2 Kings 14:1-200)

2. a Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:34)

3. id., a Levite (1 Chronicles 6:30)

4. priest of Bethel, under Jeroboam II (Amos 7:10; Amos 7:12; Amos 7:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 40 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 12:21 The assassins were Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer—both trusted advisers. Joash was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Amaziah became the next king.
  • 2 Kings 13:12 The rest of the events in Jehoash’s reign and everything he did, including the extent of his power and his war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
  • 2 Kings 14:1 Amaziah son of Joash began to rule over Judah in the second year of the reign of King Jehoash of Israel.
  • 2 Kings 14:8 One day Amaziah sent messengers with this challenge to Israel’s king Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz and grandson of Jehu: “Come and meet me in battle!”
  • 2 Kings 14:9 But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah with this story: “Out in the Lebanon mountains, a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree: ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.’ But just then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it!
  • 2 Kings 14:11 But Amaziah refused to listen, so King Jehoash of Israel mobilized his army against King Amaziah of Judah. The two armies drew up their battle lines at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
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