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Amasis
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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supposed to be the Pharaoh whose house in Tahpanhes is mentioned in Jeremiah 43:9, and who reigned B.C. 569-525; he was the successor of Apries, or Pharaoh Hophra. Amasis, unlike his predecessors, courted the friendship of the Greeks; and, to secure their alliance, he married Laodice, the daughter of Battus, the king of the Grecian colony of Cyrene (Herod. 2:161-182; 3, 1-16; Diod. 1:68, 95). He also contributed a large sum toward the rebuilding of the temple of Delphi, and is said to have been visited by Solon (Herod. 1:30; Plut. Solon, 26; Plato, Timoeus, p. 21). — Smith's Dict. of Class. Biog. s.v. (See EGYPT).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Amasis'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/amasis.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Amasis'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/amasis.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
