Bible Dictionary
Uzziah
(strength of jehovah).
King of Judah B.C. 809-8 to 757-6. In some passages his nameappears in the lengthened form Azariah: After the murder ofAmaziah, his son Uzziah was chosen by the people, at the ageof sixteen, to occupy the vacant throne; and for the greaterpart of his long reign of fifty-two years he lived in thefear of God, and showed himself a wise, active and piousruler. He never deserted the worship of the true God, and wasmuch influenced by Zechariah, a prophet who is mentioned onlyin connection with him. (2 chronicles 26:5) So the southernkingdom was raised to a condition of prosperity which it hadnot known since the death of Solomon. The end of Uzziah wasless prosperous than his beginning. Elated with his splendidcareer, he determined to burn incense on the altar of God,but was opposed by the high priest Azariah and eighty others.See (exodus 30:7,8; numbers 16:40; 18:7) The king was enragedat their resistance, and, as he pressed forward with hiscenser was suddenly smitten with leprosy. This lawlessattempt to burn incense was the only exception to theexcellence of his administration. (2 chronicles 27:2) Uzziahwas buried "with his fathers," yet apparently not actually inthe royal sepulchres. (2 chronicles 26:23) During his reign agreat earthquake occurred. (amos 1:1; zechariah 14:5)
A Kohathite Levite, and ancestor of Samuel. (1 chronicles6:24) (9).
A priest of the sons of Harim, who had taken a foreign wifein the days of Ezra. (ezra 10:21) (b.c. 458.)
Father of Athaiah or Uthai. (nehemiah 11:4)
Father of Jehonathan, one of David s overseers. (1 chronicles27:25) (b.c. about 1053.)
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