Amaziah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Amaziah
From Hebrew Amaṣyāh, Amaṣyāhū “God is mighty”
Example Sentences
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In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
His son Zachariah, the last king of the Jehu Dynasty of Israel, came to the throne in 740 B.C. towards the close of the reign of Azariah, son of Amaziah, king of Judah.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander
And their bringing Amaziah unto condign punishment; which is vindicated by Mr. Knox, See above Per.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander
Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
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
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