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uzziah

uzziah

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Uzziah 
  a  contracted  form  of  Azari'ah  the  Lord  is  my  strength.  (1.)  One 
  of  Amaziah's  sons,  whom  the  people  made  king  of  Judah  in  his 
  father's  stead  (2  Kings  14:21;  2  Chr.  26:1).  His  long  reign  of 
  about  fifty-two  years  was  "the  most  prosperous  excepting  that  of 
  Jehosaphat  since  the  time  of  Solomon."  He  was  a  vigorous  and 
  able  ruler,  and  "his  name  spread  abroad,  even  to  the  entering  in 
  of  Egypt"  (2  Chr.  26:8,  14).  In  the  earlier  part  of  his  reign, 
  under  the  influence  of  Zechariah,  he  was  faithful  to  Jehovah, 
  and  "did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord"  (2  Kings 
  15:3;  2  Chr.  26:4,  5);  but  toward  the  close  of  his  long  life 
  "his  heart  was  lifted  up  to  his  destruction,"  and  he  wantonly 
  invaded  the  priest's  office  (2  Chr.  26:16),  and  entering  the 
  sanctuary  proceeded  to  offer  incense  on  the  golden  altar. 
  Azariah  the  high  priest  saw  the  tendency  of  such  a  daring  act  on 
  the  part  of  the  king,  and  with  a  band  of  eighty  priests  he 
  withstood  him  (2  Chr.  26:17),  saying,  "It  appertaineth  not  unto 
  thee,  Uzziah,  to  burn  incense."  Uzziah  was  suddenly  struck  with 
  leprosy  while  in  the  act  of  offering  incense  (26:19-21),  and  he 
  was  driven  from  the  temple  and  compelled  to  reside  in  "a  several 
  house"  to  the  day  of  his  death  (2  Kings  15:5,  27;  2  Chr.  26:3). 
  He  was  buried  in  a  separate  grave  "in  the  field  of  the  burial 
  which  belonged  to  the  kings"  (2  Kings  15:7;  2  Chr.  26:23).  "That 
  lonely  grave  in  the  royal  necropolis  would  eloquently  testify  to 
  coming  generations  that  all  earthly  monarchy  must  bow  before  the 
  inviolable  order  of  the  divine  will  and  that  no  interference 
  could  be  tolerated  with  that  unfolding  of  the  purposes  of  God, 
  which  in  the  fulness  of  time,  would  reveal  the  Christ,  the  true 
  High  Priest  and  King  for  evermore"  (Dr.  Green's  Kingdom  of 
  Israel,  etc.). 
 
  (2.)  The  father  of  Jehonathan,  one  of  David's  overseers  (1 
  Chr.  27:25). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Uzziah,  Uzziel,  the  strength,  or  kid,  of  the  Lord