I. AMARIAH, the eldest Son of Meraioth, and Father of the High-Priest Abitub. Amariah was High-Priest in the time of the Judges. We are not able to fix the years of his Pontificate. His name is to 1 Chron. vi. 7, 11.be met with in the Chronicles. And if he exercised this Office, he should be placed, as I think, before Eli, who was succeeded by Ahitub, who in the Chronicles is put Ver. 7. Ezra x. 42.immediately after Amariah.
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