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•UZZI the Lord is my strength. (1.) The son of Bukki, and a descendant of Aaron (1 Chronicles 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4).
(2.) A grandson of Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:2, 3).
(3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:7). (4.) A Benjamite, a chief in the tribe (1 Chronicles 9:8).
(5.) A son of Bani. He had the oversight of the Levites after the return from captivity (Nehemiah 11:22).
(6.) The head of the house of Jedaiah, one of “the chief of the priests” (Nehemiah 12:19).
(7.) A priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:42).
•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 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 26:17), saying, “It appertaineth not unto