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Uzzi

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: U

By: George A. Morrish

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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1. Son of Bukki, a descendant of Phinehas (1 Chron. 6:5-6, 51⁵And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, ⁶And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, (1 Chronicles 6:5‑6)
⁵¹Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, (1 Chronicles 6:51); Ezra 7:4⁴The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, (Ezra 7:4)).

2. Son of Tola, a descendant of Issachar (1 Chron. 7:2-3²And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. ³And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. (1 Chronicles 7:2‑3)).

3. Son of Bela, a son of Benjamin (1 Chron. 7:7⁷And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. (1 Chronicles 7:7)).

4. Son of Michri, Benjamite (1 Chron. 9:8⁸And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; (1 Chronicles 9:8)).

5. Son of Bani and overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem (Neh. 11:22²²The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. (Nehemiah 11:22)).

6-7. Two priests who returned from exile (Neh. 12:19, 42¹⁹And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; (Nehemiah 12:19)
⁴²And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. (Nehemiah 12:42)).

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