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A depiction of the earthquake in the Book of Amos; Illuminated Bible from the 1220s, National Library of Portugal. A major earthquake is referred to in the book of the prophet Amos. Amos dates his prophecy to "two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II son of Jehoash was king of Israel" (Amos 1:1, NIV).
Another biblical character, Uzzah, son of Shimei, was a Merarite. [ 9 ] Al-ʻUzzā was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times and was worshiped by the pre-Islamic Arabs along with al-Lāt and Manāt .
According to the Torah, Uzziel (Hebrew: עֻזִּיאֵל, ʿUzzīʾēl; meaning El is my strength or God is my strength [1]) was the father of Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri, and was a son of Kohath and grandson of Levi, [2] consequently being the brother of Amram and uncle of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses.
Pronunciation: Māt Akkadī Meaning: The Country of Akkad Belshazzar (Son of Nabonidus) (King of Babylonia) Person 585 BC: 539 BC: Babylonian cuneiform: Pronunciation: Bēl-šar-uṣur Meaning: Bel, protect the king Bethlehem (Beth Lehem) (This is the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ. However some scholars believe he was born in Nazareth.
The second Book of Kings and the second Book of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible consider him a righteous king, but with some hesitation. [2] He is praised for killing the assassins of his father only and sparing their children, as dictated by the Mosaic Law. Edwin R. Thiele dates Amaziah's reign from 797/796 to 768/767 BCE. [3]
Uzzi is a given name.One derivation is biblical, from Uzzî (Hebrew: עֻזִּי) meaning "my strength". [1] The name can also be transliterated as Uzi. [1] It may be a nickname for Uzza/Uzzah, Uzzia/Uzziah, and Uziel/Uzziel.
The first verse of the Book of Isaiah states that Isaiah prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah (or Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah. [12] Uzziah's reign was 52 years in the middle of the 8th century BC, and Isaiah must have begun his ministry a few years before Uzziah's death, probably in the 740s BC.
According to the Bible (2 Kings 14:22), [11] one of the earliest and most significant of King Uzziah's achievements, unless it has to be attributed to his predecessor Amaziah, was the recovery of Elath, which was later lost by Ahaz [12] - all three 8th-century BCE kings of Judah.