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Amaziah

American  
[am-uh-zahy-uh] / ˌæm əˈzaɪ ə /
Douay Bible, Amasias

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a son and successor of Joash as king of Judah.


Etymology

Origin of Amaziah

From Hebrew Amaṣyāh, Amaṣyāhū “God is mighty”

Example Sentences

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What foolish challenge did Amaziah send to the king of Israel?

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

That which is said “That God did not command Amaziah to dismiss any of his own subjects.”

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

Moreover, in order to produce this symmetry of arrangement, he leaves out the names of 3 kings,—Ahaziah, Joash, Amaziah: and omits at least 9 generations of Zorobabel's descendants259.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

Though 50 years later, when Judah under Amaziah and Uzziah had reconquered the Edomites, and Elath was rebuilt, this navigation, as it seems, was again set in motion, this restoration was of no long continuance.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max