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Amatzia Levkovic
Amatzia ( he, אמציה) may refer to: Places * Amatzia (moshav), a moshav in south-central Israel in the Lakhish Regional Council People * Amaziah of Judah Amaziah of Judah (pronounced , ; el, Αμασίας; la, Amasias), was the ninth king of Judah and the son and successor of Joash. His mother was Jehoaddan () and his son was Uzziah (). He took the throne at the age of 25, after the assassinat ..., a king of Judah in the ''Book of Kings'' See also * Amaziah {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amatzia (moshav)
Amatzia ( he, אֲמַצְיָה) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located around 8 km southeast of Lakhish, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. The population is a mix of religious and secular Israelis, and was in . History The moshav was founded in 1955, and is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Dawayima, the scene of the 1948 Al-Dawayima massacre. It was named for King Amaziah of Judah, who, according to the Book of Kings, was killed in the Lakhish region.Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 76, In the past the community was a moshav shitufi but it has undergone a process of privatization and abandoned its collective nature. In 2006, temporary housing was built in the area of the moshav to absorb evacuees from Katif who lived in Gush Katif until they were evacuated under Israel's unilateral disengagement plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaziah Of Judah
Amaziah of Judah (pronounced , ; el, Αμασίας; la, Amasias), was the ninth king of Judah and the son and successor of Joash. His mother was Jehoaddan () and his son was Uzziah (). He took the throne at the age of 25, after the assassination of his father, and reigned for 29 years, ( ), 24 years of which were with the co-regency of his son. The second Book of Kings and the second Book of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible consider him a righteous king, but with some hesitation. 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 Amaziah's reign from 797/796 to 768/767 BCE. Thiele's chronology has his son Uzziah becoming co-regent with him in the fifth year of his reign, in 792/791 BCE, when Uzziah was 16 years old. Reign As soon as his kingdom was established, Amaziah executed the murderers of his father, but he permitted their children to live in obedience to the Mosaic law: :Fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
