Amaziah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Amaziah
     strengthened by Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the
     descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1 Chr. 6:45).
     
       (2.) The son and successor of Joash, and eighth king of the
     separate kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 14:1-4). He began his reign


     by punishing the murderers of his father (5-7; 2 Chr. 25:3-5).
     He was the first to employ a mercenary army of 100,000 Israelite
     soldiers, which he did in his attempt to bring the Edomites
     again under the yoke of Judah (2 Chr. 25:5, 6). He was commanded
     by a prophet of the Lord to send back the mercenaries, which he
     did (2 Chr. 25:7-10, 13), much to their annoyance. His obedience
     to this command was followed by a decisive victory over the
     Edomites (2 Chr. 25:14-16). Amaziah began to worship some of the
     idols he took from the Edomites, and this was his ruin, for he
     was vanquished by Joash, king of Israel, whom he challenged to
     battle. The disaster he thus brought upon Judah by his
     infatuation in proclaiming war against Israel probably
     occasioned the conspiracy by which he lost his life (2 Kings
     14:8-14, 19). He was slain at Lachish, whither he had fled, and
     his body was brought upon horses to Jerusalem, where it was
     buried in the royal sepulchre (2 Kings 14:19, 20; 2 Chr. 25:27,
     28).
     
       (3.) A priest of the golden calves at Bethel (Amos 7:10-17).
     
       (4.) The father of Joshah, one of the Simeonite chiefs in the
     time of Hezekiah (1 Chr. 4:34).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Amaziah, the strength of the Lord