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Urijah

Urijah (yOOrī'ju) [key], in the Bible. 1. High priest under King Ahaz. An alternate form is Uriah. 2. Prophet killed by King Jehoiakim. 3. Ancestor of a priestly family. An alternte form is Uriah. 4. Companion of Ezra.

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