Amaziah of Judah
Amaziah of Judah, pronounced /æməˈzaɪ.ə/, was a king of Judah, the son and successor of Joash. His mother was Jehoaddan (2 Kings 14:1–4) and his son was Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:1). He took the throne at the age of 25, after the assassination of his father, and reigned for 29 years, (2 Kings 14:2, 2 Chronicles 25:1) 24 years of which were with the co-regency of his son.
Edwin R. Thiele dates his reign from 797/796 to 768/767 BCE. Thiele's chronology has his son, Uzziah becoming co-regent with Amaziah in the fifth year of Amaziah's reign, in 792/791 BCE, when Uzziah was 16 years old.
Name
Amaziah Is also rendered Amatzyah, Hebrew: אֲמַצְיָהוּ, ʼĂmaṣyāhû ; meaning "the strength of the Lord," "strengthened by Jehovah," or "Yahweh is mighty". (Greek: αμασιας; Latin: Amasias.) The Douay-Rheims Bible and some other translations render Amaziah as Amasias and his mother's name Jehoaddan as "Joadan".
Reign
As soon as his kingdom was established Amaziah executed the murderers of his father, but in obedience to the Mosaic laws permitted their children to live.
Amaziah
Amaziah or Amasias (in the Douay-Rheims) (Hebrew: אֲמַצְיָה, "strengthened by God"; Latin: Amasias) may refer to:
Amaziah (Book of Amos)
Amaziah was a prophet from Beth-el (Book of Amos 7:10-17). Amaziah forbade Amos to prophesy against Israel. Amaziah lived during the reign of Jeroboam II.
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