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 2Ki 14:21 2Ch 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" 2Ch 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" 2Ki 15:3
     2Ch 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 2Ch 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 2Ch 26:17
     saying, "It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn
     incense." Uzziah was suddenly struck with leprosy while in the
     act of offering incense 2Ch 26:19-21 and he was driven from the
     temple and compelled to reside in "a several house" to the day
     of his death 2Ki 15:5,27 2Ch 26:3 He was buried in a separate
     grave "in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings"
     2Ki 15:7 2Ch 26:23 "That lonely grave in the royal necropolis
     would eloquently testify to coming generations that all earthly
     monarchy must bow before the inviolable order of the divine
     will, and that no interference could be tolerated with that
     unfolding of the purposes of God, which, in the fulness of time,
     would reveal the Christ, the true High Priest and King for
     evermore" (Dr. Green's Kingdom of Israel, etc.).
  2. The father of Jehonathan, one of David's overseers 1Ch 27:25