UZZIAH

ŭzīˈə, in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Amaziah. He rebuilt Elath, port on the Gulf of Aqaba. He was stricken with leprosy after usurping the duties of high priest. He was succeeded by Jotham. He is referred to as Ozias in the Gospel of St. Matthew.

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books on: Uzziah  - 340 results

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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Revised Standard Version
Book by Not Cited; Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1952
Subjects: Bible--English--Revised English--1952
...unites. 8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread even to the border...for he became very strong. 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner...for he loved the soil. 11 Moreover Uzziah had an army of soldiers, fit for war...
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Who's Who in the Old Testament: Together with the Apocrypha
Book by Joan Comay; Routledge, 1995
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Apocrypha--Biography, Bible--O.T--Biography
...helmets, coats of mail, bows and slings. Uzziah put much effort into the development of...Assyrian power subdued Aram and Israel, and Uzziah had to concern himself with preserving...of Jeroboam II of Israel, Judah under Uzziah filled to some extent the vacuum left...
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A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Books of Chronicles
Book by Edward Lewis Curtis, Albert Alonzo Madsen; C. Scribners Sons, 1910
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Chronicles--Commentaries
...of Merari: Mah li and Mushi and * the sons of Uzziah . The sons of Merari: of Uzziah * Bani * ? and Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri . The...Merari as he found them in 23 21 ff. the family of Uzziah , who had three or four sons. This Uzziah was...
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Pestilence in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature
Book by Bryon Lee Grigsby; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Diseases In Literature, Diseases--Great Britain--History, English Literature--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, English Literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History And Criticism, Epidemics--Great Britain--History, Literature And Medicine--England--History--16th Century, Literature And Medicine--England--History--17th Century, Literature And Medicine--England--History--To 1500, Medicine In Literature, Medicine--Great Britain--History, Plague In Literature, Plague--Great Britain--History
...surrounding leprosy also include anger. Uzziah, a powerful king and ruler, desires to...temple. The priests of the temple admonish Uzziah, telling him, "It appertaineth not unto thee Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to...
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The Complete Bible: An American Translation
Book by J. M. Powis Smith, Edgar J. Goodspeed; University of Chicago Press, 1939
Subjects: Bible--English--1939--Smith-Goodspeed
...help the king against the enemy. Moreover Uzziah equipped 14 them, even the entire army...the LORD, men of courage, who op 18 posed Uzziah the king and said to him, "It is not for you Uzziah, to burn incense of the LORD, but for the...
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journal articles on: Uzziah  - 14 results

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When Was Samaria Captured? the Need for Precision in Biblical Chronologies
Journal article by Rodger C. Young; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 47, 2004
...Hezekiahs predecessors in the eighth century-Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz-had coregencies with...This year is called the thirty-ninth of Uzziah in 2 Kings 15:17. The yearfigure for Uzziah must be reckoned from a coregency with his...
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Who Constitutes Society? Yehud's Self-understanding in the Late Persian Era as Reflected in the Books of Chronicles
Journal article by Louis Jonker; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 127, 2008
Subjects: Books, Constellations, Cultural identity, Mosques & temples, Narratives, Political power, Society, Speech, Studies
...kings, namely, Jehoshaphat, Joash, Uzziah, and Hezekiah. In Josiahs narrative...priests and kings is the narrative about Uzziah (who is called Azariah in Kings).29...has more detail. It narrates that King Uzziah went into the temple to perform an incense...
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'Li Anemis Meismes': Satan and Synagogue in 'La Queste del Saint Graal.'
Journal article by Anne Marie D'Arcy; Medium Aevum, Vol. 66, 1997
Subjects: Devil--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Jews--Portrayals, depictions, etc., La Queste del Saint Graal (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Romances--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...leprosy is present in the figure of King Uzziah of Judah,(103) and Miriam was smitten...Syrus draws an analogy between Adam and Uzziah, who were both expelled from Gods presence...analogy in his typification of Adam and Uzziah as the precursors of the first and second...
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Tables of Reign Lengths from the Hebrew Court Recorders
Journal article by Rodger C. Young; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 48, 2005
...accession reckoning. The first is for Uzziah, where Thiele went against the usual...so his starting year for the Amaziah/Uzziah coregency is one year earlier than the...contacts of Tiglath-Pileser III with Uzziah and Menahem. Discussions like this over...
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The High Places (Bamot) and the Reforms of Hezekiah and Josiah: An Archaeological Investigation
Journal article by Lisbeth S. Fried; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
Subjects: Bible. O.T. (Sacred text)--Research, Excavations (Archaeology)--Research, Hezekiah (Biblical figure)--Research, Josiah (Biblical figure)--Research, Palestine in the Bible--Research, Samaria (Region)--Research
...touched him, and he was leprous until Uzziah the day of his death. He lived in a separate...He did what was right in the eyes of Uzziah YHWH like all that Amaziah his father...right in the eyes of YHWH like all that Uzziah his father did. Only the bamot were not...
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magazine articles on: Uzziah  - 6 results

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At the Right Hand
Magazine article by Hans Boersma; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, August 2011
Subjects: Ascension Theology (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...sexual complementarity or procreative purpose. Farrow has particularly harsh words for King Henry VIII, who "exalted himself, Uzziah-like, before God" and who "attempted to rule over the souls of his subjects that he might rule also over their bodies...
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Attacking the Tabernacle
Magazine article by Peter J. Leithart; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, November 1999
Subjects: Abortion--Religious aspects, Bible. O.T. Psalms (Sacred text)--Political aspects, Fetus--Religious aspects
...priestly privileges, and for their encroachment on Aarons holiness, the earth opened and swallowed them alive. Later, King Uzziah was struck with leprosy for performing the priestly task of offering incense. Treading the earth is perfectly safe; but breaking...
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Hope and Comfort/instruments of Thy Praise
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 44, August 2010
...Pablo Casals. Orchestral accompaniments of Benjamin Brittens "Te Deum in C" and David McK. Williamss "In the Year That King Uzziah Died" create a much different effect than the more familiar organ accompaniments of those works. In addition, the orchestra...
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Ago Chapter News
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 45, November 2011
...Church of the Advent in Cape May for a recital. In addition to standard works, Foster played "Twas in the Year That King Uzziah Died," a composition written by Meyer. A recording of the program is available. It is encouraging to host a young organ...
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Who's Sorry Now?
Magazine article by Jonathan Aitken; The American Spectator, Vol. 39, March 2006
Subjects: Bible, Christianity, Earthquakes, Exegesis & hermeneutics, God, Sin
...scriptures dealing with the theology of penitence. This is Isaiah 6:1-8, which begins with the words "In the year that King Uzziah died." This was a historic year, 547 B.C., in which Jerusalem was hit by a massive earthquake. Some theologians speculate...
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newspaper articles on: Uzziah  - 10 results

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A Nation in a 'Cloud of Grief' Must Fix Its Eyes upon God
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 1, 2001
...prophet Isaiah felt that way after King Uzziah had died. The king was special in the...has a new awareness of who God is. King Uzziah was a great and good leader for 52 years...was no longer about God, but all about Uzziah. His death left a great void in the nation...
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The Genealogy of Jesus; Matthew 1:1-17
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 17, 2005
...the father of Asaph. Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah. Uzziah became the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. Hezekiah became the father...
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Terrors of the Earth Are Not Our Fault; Self-Blame for Catastrophe Is a Product of Self-Obsession
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), March 16, 2011
Subjects: Earthquake intensity, Earthquakes
...Israel. Why? How could you even ask? It was because King Uzziah of Judah had started to behave in and unorthodox manner and...Aaron. So Yahweh sent an earthquake (and leprosy for foolish Uzziah), didnt he? It stands to reason. I am afraid to say that...
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Arlington Park Selections
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 8, 2011
...35,560, Illinois maiden special / weight, 3 yos up. 1 Uzziah Martinez/Stidham 6-5 Tough to catch 5 Be Brave Santana...Usually far / back Best bet: Ioya Bigtime (2nd) Price play: Uzziah (5th) Contact: joedakracing@aol.com / For Joes final...
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The Genealogy of Jesus
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 17, 2008
Subjects: Jesus Christ
...the father of Asaph. Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah. Uzziah became the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah...Jacob the father of Joseph...
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encyclopedia articles on: Uzziah  - 12 results

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Uzziah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
UZZIAH uzi , in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Amaziah. He rebuilt Elath, port on the Gulf of Aqaba. He was stricken...
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Azariah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Father of Seraiah 2. 4 Prophet who stirred King Asa to reform. 5 King of Judah: see Uzziah 1. 6 Same as Ahaziah 2. 7 High priest who withstood King Uzziah. 8 High priest under Hezekiah. 9, 10 Sons of King Jehoshaphat. 11, 12 Aides of Jehoiada...
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Ozias
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OZIAS ozi s Gr.,=Heb. Uzziah, in the Bible. 1 Same as Uzziah 1. 2 Ruler of Bethulia at the time of Judith. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Jamnia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...central Israel. Its modern name is Yavne. A central city of Philistia, the Bible refers to its walls being destroyed by Uzziah. It was pillaged by Judas Maccabaeus and later rebuilt. In the last years before the sack of Jerusalem (a.d. 70), Jamnia...
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Ezion-Geber
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the shore, which is advancing. The Bible reveals the existence of a port there from the reign of Solomon to at least that of Uzziah in the 8th cent. b.c. (Num. 33.35,36; Deut. 2.8; 1 Kings 9.26; 22.48; 2 Chron. 8.17). Excavations...
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