Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Urijah

The lord is my light.

  1. A high priest in the time of Ahaz (2 Ki. 16:10-16), at whose bidding he constructed an idolatrous altar like one the king had seen at Damascus, to be set up instead of the brazen altar.
  2. One of the priests who stood at the right hand of Ezra's pulpit when he read and expounded the law (Neh. 8:4).
  3. A prophet of Kirjath-jearim in the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (Jer. 26:20-23). He fled into Egypt from the cruelty of the king, but having been brought back he was beheaded and his body "cast into the graves of the common people."

Original from The Bible Foundation - bf.org. They claim public domain status for their original text.