Uzza

Strengh, a garden in which Manasseh and Amon were buried (2 Kings 21:18, 26). It was probably near the king’s palace in Jerusalem, or may have formed part of the palace grounds. Manasseh may probably have acquired it from some one of this name.

(strength).

UZ'ZA (strength). An inhabitant of Jerusalem in whose garden Manasseh, king of Judah, and his son Amon were buried. 2 Kgs 21:18, 2 Kgs 21:26. The location of the garden is not known. A Benjamite descending from Ehud, 1 Chr 8:7, and, according to the Targum on Esther, the ancestor of Mordecai. The ancestor of the family of Nethinim which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:49; Neh 7:51. A Levite of the family of Merari. 1 Chr 6:29.

UZ'ZA, GARDEN OF. 2 Kgs 21:26. See Uzza, 1.