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).

(strength of Jehovah).

UZZI'AH (might of Jehovah). The son and successor of Amaziah, king of Judah; called Azariah in 2 Kgs 14:21 and elsewhere; began to reign at sixteen, and reigned fifty-two years, b.c. 808-756. His career was most prosperous. He walked in the ways of his father David, and as a consequence was blessed with victory over his enemies and great fame and love. But he was puffed up by success so long continued, and presumed to burn incense on the altar like the priests. Azariah, the high priest, and eighty others opposed him; but God most effectually checked him by making him a leper, dwelling in a separate house until death. 2 Kgs 15:1-7; 2 Chr 26. A great earthquake occurred in his reign. Am 1:1; Zech 14:5. A Levite. 1 Chr 6:24. The father of one of David's officers. 1 Chr 27:25. A priest. Ezr 10:21. A Judite. Neh 11:4.

Uzziel, the strength, or kid, of the Lord

UZZI'AH (might of Jehovah). The son and successor of Amaziah, king of Judah; called Azariah in 2 Kgs 14:21 and elsewhere; began to reign at sixteen, and reigned fifty-two years, b.c. 808-756. His career was most prosperous. He walked in the ways of his father David, and as a consequence was blessed with victory over his enemies and great fame and love. But he was puffed up by success so long continued, and presumed to burn incense on the altar like the priests. Azariah, the high priest, and eighty others opposed him; but God most effectually checked him by making him a leper, dwelling in a separate house until death. 2 Kgs 15:1-7; 2 Chr 26. A great earthquake occurred in his reign. Am 1:1; Zech 14:5. A Levite. 1 Chr 6:24. The father of one of David's officers. 1 Chr 27:25. A priest. Ezr 10:21. A Judite. Neh 11:4.