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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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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

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

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

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

And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

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