Urijah
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the
great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening
meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat
offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the
land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and
sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt...
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And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of
Assyria, and saw an altar that [was] at Damascus: and king
Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and
the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof....
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And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they
had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and
Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on
his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael,
and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, [and]
Meshullam....
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-1. A priest in Ahaz
Builds a new altar for Ahaz
2Ki 16:10-16
Probably identical with Uriah, witness to a prophecy of
Isaiah
Isa 8:2
-2. URIJAH
See URIAH, Number two
-3. A priest
Assistant to Ezra
Ne 8:4
Called URIAH in the R. V
-4. A prophet in the time of Jehoiakim
Prophesies against Judah
Jer 26:20
Fled to Egypt; taken; killed by ...
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(light of Jehovah).
1. Urijah the priest in the reign of Ahaz, 2Ki 16:10
probably the same as URIAH,
2. A priest of the family of Koz or Hakkoz, the same
as URIAH,
3. One of the priests who stood at Ezra's right hand
when he read the law to the people. Ne 8:4 (B.C. 458.)
4. The son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim. He prophesied
in the days of ...
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the lord is my light. (1.) A high priest in the time of Ahaz
(2
Kings 16:10-16), at whose bidding he constructed an
idolatrous
altar like one the king had seen at Damascus, to be
set up
instead of the brazen altar.
(2.) One of the priests who stood at the right hand of
Ezra's
pulpit when he read and expounded the law (Neh. 8:4).
(3.) A pr...
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