Amaziah (disambiguation)

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Amaziah ("strengthened by God") was the name of several individuals in the Hebrew Bible.

  1. Amaziah of Judah, the king of Judah.
  2. A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1 Chronicles 6:45).
  3. A priest of the golden calves at Bethel (Amos 7:10-17).
  4. The father of Joshah, one of the leaders of the tribe of Simeon in the time of Hezekiah (1 Chr. 4:34).
  5. Amaziah, a priest at the time of Amos who refused Amos' prophecies, and asked him to leave.