Person Old Testament
Amaziah
Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, was a Levite of the family of Merari during the time of David. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 6:45.
Why it matters. Levite, son of Hilkiah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Amaziah
Amaziah was a Levite who belonged to the family of Merari. He was the son of Hilkiah and lived during the reign of King David. As a Levite, Amaziah would have been involved in the religious duties and services in the tabernacle or temple. The Merarites were responsible for the tabernacle's structural components, such as its frames, crossbars, posts, and bases.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)