Person Old Testament
Amok
Amok was a priest who returned from the Babylonian exile and signed the covenant under Nehemiah. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Nehemiah 12:7.
Why it matters. Priest who returned from Babylonian exile
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Amok
Amok was a priest who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile. He is mentioned in the list of priests who came back with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. Later, during the time of Nehemiah, Amok is recorded as one of the priests who signed the covenant to follow the Law of God and to keep themselves separate from the neighboring peoples.
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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Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.