Amaziah of Judah
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| King of Judah | |
Amaziah from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553
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| Reign | Over Judah (796–792 BCE) Entire reign (796–767 BCE) |
| Predecessor | Joash of Judah |
| Successor | Uzziah |
| Died | c. 767 BCE |
| Spouse | Jecoliah |
| House | House of David |
| Father | Jehoash of Judah |
| Mother | Jehoaddan (Hebrew: יהועדין or יְהוֹעַדָּן; Latin: Joadan) of Jerusalem |
Amaziah of Judah, pronounced /æməˈzaɪ.ə/, was a king of Judah, the son and successor of Joash. His mother was Jehoaddan (2 Kings 14:1–4) and his son was Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:1). He took the throne at the age of 25, after the assassination of his father, and reigned for 29 years, (2 Kings 14:2, 2 Chronicles 25:1) 24 years of which were with the co-regency of his son. The Hebrew Bible considers him a righteous king. He is praised for killing the assassins of his father only and sparing their children, as dictated by the law of Moses.
Edwin R. Thiele dates his reign from 797/796 to 768/767 BCE. Thiele's chronology has his son, Uzziah becoming co-regent with Amaziah in the fifth year of Amaziah's reign, in 792/791 BCE, when Uzziah was 16 years old.
Amaziah is also rendered Amatzyah, Hebrew: אֲמַצְיָהוּ, ʼĂmaṣyāhû; meaning "the strength of the Lord," "strengthened by Jehovah," or "Yahweh is mighty". (Greek: αμασιας; Latin: Amasias.) The Douay-Rheims Bible and some other translations render Amaziah as Amasias and his mother's name Jehoaddan as "Joadan".
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