amana Summary and Overview

perennial. (1.) The Hebrew margin of 2 Kings 5:12 gives this as another reading of Abana (q.v.), a stream near Damascus. (2.) A mountain (Cant. 4:8), probably the southern summit of Anti-Libanus, at the base of which are the sources of the Abana.

(a covenant), apparently a mountain in or near Lebanon. #So 4:8| It is commonly assumed that this is the mountain in which the river Abana, #2Ki 5:12| has its source.

AM'ANA (perennial). 1. Margin, same as Abana. 2 Kgs 5:12. See Abana. 1. A ridge or peak of the Lebanon range in which the river Amana or Abana has its source. 2 Kgs Song. Sol. 4:8. AMARI'AH {said, i. e. promised). 1. Son of Meraioth, a descendant of Aaron in the line of Eleazar, and father of Ahitub, whose son, Zadok, was made high priest, bringing back the office to his family. 2 Kgs 1 Chr. 6:7, 2 Kgs 5:52. 1. A high priest later on. 1 Chr 6:11. 2. A Kohathite Levite. 1 Chr 23:19; 1 Chr 24:23. 3. The head of one of the twenty-four courses of priests. 2 Chr 31:15; Neh 10:3. 4. One in Ezra's time. Ezr 10:42. 5. An ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet. Zeph 1:1. 6. One of the family of Perez. Neh 11:4.

("truth".) A mountain near Lebanon, perhaps the southern top of Antilibanus (Song of Solomon 4:8). Assumed to be the hill whence the Abana springs (2 Kings 5:13).