Topic
Urijah
7 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Nehemiah 8:4Easton · Smith · Nave 3. A priest — Assistant to Ezra
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and…
- 2 Kings 16:10–16Easton · Nave 1. A priest in Ahaz — Builds a new altar for Ahaz
¶ And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. And Urijah…
- Jeremiah 26:20–23Easton · Smith
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty…
- 2 Kings 16:10Smith
¶ And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
- Isaiah 8:2Nave 1. A priest in Ahaz — Probably identical with Uriah, witness to a prophecy of Isaiah
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
- Jeremiah 26:20Nave 4. A prophet in the time of Jehoiakim — Prophesies against Judah
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
- Jeremiah 26:21–23Nave 4. A prophet in the time of Jehoiakim — Fled to Egypt; taken; killed by Jehoiakim
And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely,…
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
The lord is my light. (1.) A high priest in the time of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:10-16), at whose bidding he constructed an idolatrous altar like one the king had seen at Damascus, to be set up instead of the brazen altar.
(2.) One of the priests who stood at the right hand of Ezra’s pulpit when he read and expounded the law (Neh. 8:4).
(3.) A prophet of Kirjath-jearim in the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (Jer. 26:20-23). He fled into Egypt from the cruelty of the king, but having been brought back he was beheaded and his body “cast into the graves of the common people.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- Urijah the priest in the reign of Ahaz, (2 Kings 16:10) probably the same as URIAH,
- A priest of the family of Koz or Hakkoz, the same as URIAH,
- One of the priests who stood at Ezra’s right hand when he read the law to the people. (Nehemiah 8:4) (B.C. 458.)
- The son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim. He prophesied in the days of Jehoiakim, B.C. 600, and the king sought to put him to death; but he escaped, and fled into Egypt. His retreat was soon covered; Elnathan and his men brought him up out of Egypt, and Jehoiakim slew him with the sword and cast his body forth among the graves of the common people (Jeremiah 26:20-23)
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 5 references, grouped by sub-topic
- 1. A priest in Ahaz
- Builds a new altar for Ahaz 2Ki 16:10-16
- Probably identical with Uriah, witness to a prophecy of Isaiah Isa 8:2
- 2. URIJAH
- See URIAH, Number two
- 3. A priest
- Assistant to Ezra Ne 8:4
- Called URIAH in the R. V
- 4. A prophet in the time of Jehoiakim
- Prophesies against Judah Jer 26:20
- Fled to Egypt; taken; killed by Jehoiakim Jer 26:21-23
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.