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Amaziah

Mentioned in 786 BC traditional (Jones)

A priest of the golden calves at Bethel (Amos 7:10-17).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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3 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Amaziah, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Bethel1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 811–761 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 4 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

3 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Amos3

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBAmaziah 45
KJVAmaziah 40
ASVAmaziah 40

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Amos3 verses
  1. 7:10

    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,

  2. 7:12

    And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.

  3. 7:14

    “I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

A priest of the golden calves at Bethel (Amos 7:10-17).