Uriah

Uriah (אוריה "(My) light/flame of/is the LORD", Standard Hebrew Uriyya, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÛriyyāh) was the name of several men in the Old Testament:

  1. In the Books of Samuel, Uriah the Hittite is a soldier in King David's army. David has him killed after David's adultery with his wife Bathsheba.
  2. In 2 Kings 16:10-16, Uriah is a priest under Ahaz who builds a pagan altar and places it in the Temple of Jerusalem.
  3. In Jeremiah 26:20-23 Uriah is a prophet who is murdered by Jehoiakim because his message is so offensive to him.
  4. In Ezra 8:33 and Nehemiah 3:4,21 Uriah is a priest and the father of Meremoth. Possibly this is the same Uriah who stands by Ezra as he reads the law in Nehemiah 8:4.
  5. In Isaiah 8:2 Uriah is a priest whom God offers to call as a witness.


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