Uzziah
And at Jerusalem dwelt [certain] of the children of Judah, and
of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah
the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah,
the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children
of Perez;...
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And ye shall flee [to] the valley of the mountains; for the
valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall
flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days
of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, [and]
all the saints with thee....
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Then Uzziah was wroth, and [had] a censer in his hand to burn
incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy
even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house
of the LORD, from beside the incense altar....
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Uzziah (Hebrew: עֻזִּיָּהוּ, Modern {{{2}}} Tiberian {{{3}}},
meaning Yahweh is my strength[1]; Greek: Οζίας; Latin: Ozias),
also known as Azariah (Hebrew: עֲזַרְיָה, Modern {{{2}}} Tiberian
{{{3}}}; Greek: Αζαρις; Latin: Azarias), was the king of the
ancient Kingdom of Judah, and one of Amaziah's sons, whom the
people appointed to replace his...
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-1. Called AZARIAH
King of Judah
2Ki 14:21; 15:1,2; 2Ch 26:1,3
Rebuilds Elath
2Ki 14:22; 2Ch 26:2
Reigns righteously
2Ki 15:3; 2Ch 26:4,5
Defeats the Philistines
2Ch 26:6,7
Takes tribute from the Ammonites
Strengthens the kingdom
2Ch 26:8
Strengthens the fortifications of Jerusalem
2Ch 26:9
Promotes cattle raising and agriculture
2Ch...
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(strength of Jehovah).
1. King of Judah B.C. 809-8 to 757-6. In some
passages his name appears in the lengthened form Azariah:
After the murder of Amaziah, his son Uzziah was chosen by
the people, at the age of sixteen, to occupy the vacant
throne; and for the greater part of his long reign of fifty-
two years he lived in the fear of God, and ...
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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 ...
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("strength of Jehovah".) UZZAIH or AZARIAH. (See AZARIAH.)
(2 Kings 14:2; 2 Kings 14:22; 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Kings
15:13), "helped by Jehovah". The two names, as nearly
equivalent, were used promiscuously; so the Kohathite Uzziah
and Azariah (1 Chronicles 6:9; 1 Chronicles 6:24) king of
Judah (2 Chronicles 26).
1. A Kohathite, ancestor of Samu...
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u-zi'-a, oo-zi'-a (`uzziyah (2 Ki 15:13,30; Hos 1:1; Am 1:1;
Zec 14:5), `uzziyahu (2 Ki 15:32,34; Isa 1:1; 6:1; 7:1; 2 Ch
26:1 ff; 27:2); also called `azaryah (2 Ki 14:21; 15:1,7; 1 Ch
3:12), 'azaryahu (2 Ki 15:6,8); Azarias, in Kings, elsewhere
Ozias; the significations of the names are similar, the former
meaning "my strength is Yah"; the la...
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