A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.11.3; married to Bathsheba (H1339) Also named: Ourias (Οὐρίας "Uriah" G3774) § Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)" 1) Hittite husband of Bathsheba 2) a priest who built king Ahaz' heathen altar 3) a priest who rebuilt Jerusalem's wall
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H223 — אוּרִיָּה
u.riy.yah · Uriah · Hebrew/Aramaic
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2 Samuel 11:3 · אוּרִיָּ֥הSo David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”2 Samuel 11:6 · אֽוּרִיָּ֖ה · אֽוּרִיָּ֖הAt this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.2 Samuel 11:7 · אוּרִיָּ֖הWhen Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.2 Samuel 11:8 · לְא֣וּרִיָּ֔ה · אֽוּרִיָּה֙Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.2 Samuel 11:9 · אוּרִיָּ֗הBut Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.2 Samuel 11:10 · אוּרִיָּ֖ה · אוּרִיָּ֗הAnd David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”2 Samuel 11:11 · אוּרִיָּ֜הUriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”2 Samuel 11:12 · אוּרִיָּ֗ה · אוּרִיָּ֧ה“Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.2 Samuel 11:14 · אוּרִיָּֽה׃The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.2 Samuel 11:15 · אֽוּרִיָּ֗הIn the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”2 Samuel 11:16 · א֣וּרִיָּ֔הSo as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers were.2 Samuel 11:17 · אוּרִיָּ֥הAnd when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.2 Samuel 11:21 · אוּרִיָּ֥הWho struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”2 Samuel 11:24 · אוּרִיָּ֥הThen the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”2 Samuel 11:26 · אֽוּרִיָּ֔ה · אוּרִיָּ֣הWhen Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.2 Samuel 12:9 · אוּרִיָּ֤הWhy then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.2 Samuel 12:10 · אוּרִיָּ֣הNow, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’2 Samuel 12:15 · אוּרִיָּ֛הAfter Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.2 Samuel 23:39 · אֽוּרִיָּה֙and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.1 Kings 15:5 · אוּרִיָּ֥הFor David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.2 Kings 16:10 · אוּרִיָּ֣הThen King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.2 Kings 16:11 · אוּרִיָּ֥ה · אוּרִיָּ֣הAnd Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it before King Ahaz returned.2 Kings 16:15 · אוּרִיָּ֨הThen King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”2 Kings 16:16 · אוּרִיָּ֣הSo Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.1 Chronicles 11:41 · אֽוּרִיָּה֙Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,Ezra 8:33 · אֽוּרִיָּה֙On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.Nehemiah 3:4 · אוּרִיָּה֙Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Next to him, Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs; and next to him, Zadok son of Baana made repairs as well.Nehemiah 3:21 · אוּרִיָּ֛הNext to him, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the doorway of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house.Nehemiah 8:4 · וְאוּרִיָּ֧הEzra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.Isaiah 8:2 · אוּרִיָּ֣הAnd I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”Jeremiah 26:20 · אֽוּרִיָּ֙הוּ֙Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.Jeremiah 26:21 · אוּרִיָּ֙הוּ֙King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.Jeremiah 26:23 · אוּרִיָּ֜הוּThey brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.