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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 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

But the repressing and punishing of Amaziah is a more unexceptionable instance.

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

So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

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