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Uriah

A man, in the time of Exile and Return · named in 1 verse

the name means flame of Jah Strong's Lexicon

Uriah was one of the priests who assisted Ezra in reading the Law to the people during the religious revival in Jerusalem.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

The Lord is my light. (1.) A Hittite, the husband of Bathsheba, whom David first seduced, and then after Uriah's death married. He was one of the band of David's "mighty men." The sad story of the curel wrongs inflicted upon him by David and of his mournful death are simply told in the sacred record (2 Sam. 11:2-12:26). (See BATHSHEBA; DAVID.)

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

First named at Nehemiah 8:4.

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