Amaziah (Book of Amos)

Amaziah was an idolatrous priest of Bethel (Book of Amos 7:10–17), who lived during the reign of Jeroboam II. Amaziah banned Amos from prophesying against Israel. F. E. Gigot considers it "probable" that Amos left Bethel in compliance with Amaziah's directives, and "withdrew to Juda".

In Rabbinical literature

According to R. Meir, the priest Amaziah is identical to the false prophet mentioned in I Kings, xiii. 11 et seq. (Yer. Sanh. xi. 30b and Cant. R. ii. 5).

References

1. ^ "Amaziah in the Bible". Nave's Topical Bible.
2. ^ a b J. R. Linville. 2013. Amos and Cosmic Imagination. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Company.
3. ^  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Amos". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
4. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia Amaziah