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URIAH, or URIJAH (in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] 1 below appears as Uriah [Mat_1:6 Urias], 2 as Uriah in Isa_8:2 and Urijah in 2Ki_16:10-16; 2Ki_16:4 as Uriah in Ezr_8:33 and Urijah in Neh_3:4; Neh_3:21; while Urijah only is found in the case of 3 and 5. In RV [Note: Revised Version.] Urijah is found only in 2Ki_16:10-16, Uriah elsewhere).—1. One of David’s 30 heroes, the husband of Bathsheba. He was a Hittite, but, as the name indicates, doubtless a worshipper of Jahweh (2Sa_11:1-27; 2Sa_12:9-10; 2Sa_12:15; 1Ki_15:6, Mat_1:6). After David’s ineffectual attempt to use him as a shield for his own sin, he was killed in battle in accordance with the instructions of David to Joab. 2. High priest in the reign of Ahaz; called a ‘faithful witness’ in Isa_8:2, but subservient to the innovations of Ahaz in 2Ki_16:10-16. The omission of the name in 1Ch_6:4-15 may be due to textual corruption, since it appears in Jos. [Note: Josephus.] Ant. X. viii. 6, which is based on Chronicles. 3. A prophet, son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim. His denunciations against Judah and Jerusalem in the style of Jeremiah aroused the wrath of king Jehoiakim. Uriah fled to Egypt, was seized and slain by order of Jehoiakim, and was buried in the common graveyard (Jer_26:20-23). 4. A priest (Neh_3:4; Neh_3:21), son (representative) of Hakkoz, doubtless one of the courses of the priests (1Ch_24:10). He was father (or ancestor) of Meremoth, an eminent priest (Ezr_8:33 [1Es_8:62 Urias]). 5. A man who stood on the right hand of Ezra when he read the Law (Neh_8:4 [1Es_9:43 Urias]).
George R. Berry.