UZZA
XTZZA.—
1.
A
Benjamite
family
(1
Ch
8').
2.
A
family
of
Nethinim
(Ezr
2"
=Neh
7"
[1
Es
5"
Ozias]).
3.
The
driver
of
the
cart
on
which
the
arl£
was
removed
from
Kiriath-jearlm
(2
S
6'-
»■
'•
»
[in
vv.'->
the
name
is
Uzzah]=l
Ch
13'-
••
10-
").
Uzza's
sudden
death
at
a
place
called,
in
comhiemoration
of
this
untoward
incident,
Ferez-uzzah
('breach
of
Uzzah'),
led
to
the
temporary
abandonment,
of
David's
project
of
trans-porting
the
ark
to
Jerusalem.
Uzza's
death
was
attributed
by
the
popular
mind
to
anger
on
the
part
of
Jahweh
at
his
having
presumed
to
handle
the
sacred
emblem
too
familiarly.
4.
A
'garden
of
Uzza'
(2
K
2118.
2!)
was
attached
to
the
palace
of
Manasseh.
TTZZAH.—
1.
A
Merarite
family
(1
Ch
6«»
»«).
2.
See
Uzza,
3.
UZZEN-SHEERAH.—
See
Sheerab.
UZZI.
—
1.
A
descendant
of
Aaron
(1
Ch
6^-
'■
»',
Ezr
7*
[1
Es
82
Sa'rias]).
2.
A
family
of
Issachar
(1
Ch
T-
>).
3.
A
Benjamite
family
(1
Ch
7'
9').
4.
A
Levite
(Neh
1122).
6.
A
priestly
family
(Neh
12i»-
«).
UZZIA.—
One
of
David's
heroes
(1
Ch
11")-
UZZIAH.
—
1.
A
king
of
Judah.
See
next
article.
2.
A
Kohathite
Levite
(1
Ch
6").
3.
The
father
of
an
officer
of
David
(1
Ch
27»).
4.
A
priest
(Ezr
lO^i
[1
Es
9"
Azarias]).
6.
A
Judahite
(Neh
IV).
UZZIAH,
also
caUed
AZARIAH,
was
king
of
Judah
after
his
father
Amaziah.
His
name
was
Azariah
originally,
whether
abbreviated
in
popular
usage
or
corrupted
in
the
written
form
can
no
longer
be
made
out
with
certainty.
His
reign
is
said
to
have
been
fifty-two
years
in
length.
Religiously
he
is
classed
among
the
good
kings
(2
K
IS'"
).
The
only
event
recorded
of
this
king
by
the
Book
of
Kings
is
the
restoration
of
Elath,
the
town
at
the
head
of
the
Gulf
of
Akabah.
As
VANITY
his
father
Amaziah
had
conquered
Edom,
we
conclude
that
this
nation
had
revolted
at
the
accession
of
Uzziah.
The
re-building
of
Elath
(14«)
points
to
some
attempt
at
commerce,
but
of
this
our
sources
say
nothing.
We
should
be
glad
to
know
whether
the
subjection
of
Judah
to
Israel
effected
by
Jehoash
continued
in
this
reign;
but
here
again
we
are
left
to
conjecture.
The
Chronicler
(2
Ch
26)
knows,
indeed,
of
successes
against
the
Philis-tines,
Arabs,
and
Ammonites,
as
well
as
of
extensive
building
operations,
but
the
traditions
drawn
upon
by
this
author
are
not
always
reliable.
The
additional
fact
related
by
the
Book
of
Kings
is
that
the
king
was
a
leper.
On
account
of
this
disease
he
withdrew
from
public
business,
and
his
son
Jotham
acted
as
his
representative
(2
K
15').
This
regency,
as
it
may
be
called,
may
account
for
some
of
the
chrono-logical
difficulties
of
the
period.
Uzziah
seems
not
to
have
been
compelled
to
leave
his
palace.
The
Chronicler
has
the
story
of
a
conflict
between
Uzziah
and
the
priesthood,
according
to
which
the
monarch
attempted
to
usurp
the
function
of
the
chief
priest
and
offer
incense.
For
this
the
plague
was
sent
upon
him,
after
which
he
was
thrust
out
as
unclean.
Uzziah
has
been
supposed
to
be
mentioned
in
the
Assyrian
inscriptions
in
connexion
with
a
campaign
of
Tiglath-pileser
in
the
Lebanon
region.
But
it
is
now
generally
conceded
that
the
inscription
in
question
has
reference
to
some
prince
of
Northern
Syria.
H.
P.
Smith.
UZZIEL
('my
strength
is
El').—!.
A
son
of
Kohath
(Ex
618.
M
Lv
104,
Nu
3".
M,
1
Ch
&>■
"
15>"
23«-
»
24");
gentilic
Uzzielites
(Nu
3",
1
Ch
26").
2.
A
Simeonite
(1
Ch
4«).
3.
Founder
of
a
Benjamite
family
(1
Ch
7').
4.
A
musician,
of
the
sons
of
Heman
(1
Ch
25*
[v.>8
Azarel]).
6.
A
Levite,
of
the
sons
of
.jeduthun
(2
Ch
29").
6.
A
goldsmith
who
aided
in
re-pairing
the
wall
(Neh
3>).
George
R.
Bekky.
VAGABOND.
—
Gn
4"
'a
fugitive
and
a
vagabond
Shalt
thou
be
in
the
earth'
—
i.e.
a
wanderer,
as
AV
Ac
19"
'certain
of
the
vagabond
Jews,'
RV
'strolling.'
In
both
places
the
word
is
used
in
its
older
and
literal
meaning
(from
Lat.
vagari,
to
wander).
VAHEB,
—
An
unknown
locality
in
Amorite
territory
(Nu
21").
VAIL,
VEIL.
—
In
AV
this
word
is
spelled
'vail'
and
'veil,'
in
RV
uniformly
'veil.'
See
Dress,
§
6
(6);
also
Tabernacle,
§
6
(d),
and
Temple,
§§
9.
12.
VAIZATHA.
—
One
of
the
ten
sons
of
Haman
(Est
9»).
VALE,
VALLEY.—
'Vale'
is
found
in
AV
as
the
tr.
of
two
Heb.
words
'Smeq
and
shephilah;
'valley'
represents
five
Heb.
words,
biq'ah,
gai',
nachal,
'imeq,
shepMlah,
and
the
Gr.
phara[n]gx.
For
shephilah
(a
low-lying
tract
of
ground)
and
biq'ah
(a
broad
plain)
see
art.
Plain,
and
for
nachal
(wady)
see
art.
Brook.
1.
The
word
gai'
(AV
and
RV
always
'valley')
refers
to
a
narrow
gorge,
a
glen
or
ravine.
A
considerable
number
of
such
are
named
in
the
OT,
e.g.
the
valley
of
Hinnom,
beside
Jerusalem;
of
Iphtah-el,
between
Zebulun
and
Asher;
of
Zeboim,
S.E.
of
Gibeah;
of
Salt,
etc.,
while
several
other
valleys
are
mentioned
without
a
special
name
being
attached
to
them.
The
reference
in
Ps
23"
to
the
'valley
of
the
shadow
of
death'
may
be
simply
figurative
of
a
place
of
peril
and
loneli-ness,
or,
as
Gunkel
holds,
the
place
through
which
the
ancient
Hebrews
supposed
the
soul
had
to
pass
on
the
way
to
the
tmder
world.
In
the
Apocrypha,
'valley'
is
the
translation
of
phara[n]gx
and
aulSn,
the
former
appearmg
in
the
NT
(Lk
38).
2.
The
word
'emeq
(generally
tr.
'valley'
but
'vale'
in
AV
of
Gn
14=
»•
m
37"
and
also
in
RV
of
Gn
14",
Jos
8"
15»
18",
1
S
172-
"
21»)
means
literally
depression,
and
is
'a
highlander's
word
for
a
valley
as
he
looks
dovm
into
it,
and
is
applied
to
wide
avenues
running
up
into
a
mountainous
country
like
the
Vale
of
Elah,
the
Vale
of
Hebron,
and
the
Vale
of
Aijalon'
(HGHL
384).
Thus
the
'
emeq,
is
broader
than
a
gai'
and
not
so
broad
or
extensive
as
a
Hq'ah
(plain).
A
considerable
number
of
vales
are
mentioned
in
the
OT,
e.g.
of
Siddim,
of
Shaveh,
of
Hebron,
of
Achor,
of
Aijalon,
etc.
Other
vales
are
mentioned
without
special
names
being
attached
to
them.
The
fertility
of
the
vale
(1
S
6",
Is
17')
and
its
suitability
for
cavalry
operations
(e.g.
Jos
17",
Jg
!"•
"
etc.)
are
frequently
referred
to.
W.
F.
Boyd.
VANIAH.
—
One
of
the
sons
of
Bani,
who
had
married
a
foreign
wife
(Ezr
10««)
=1
Es
9"
Anos.
VANITY.
—
The
root-idea
of
the
word
is
'emptiness.'
Skeat
suggests
that
the
Lat.
vanus
(perhaps
for
vac-nus)
is
allied
to
vacuus
'empty.'
In
English
literature
'
vanity
'
signifies
(1)
emptiness,
(2)
falsity,
(3)
vainglory.
The
modern
tendency
is
to
confine
its
use
to
the
last
meaning.
But
'vanity'
in
the
sense
of
'empty
conceit'
is
not
found
in
the
English
Bible.
1.
In
the
OT.
—
(l)
'Vanity'
is
most
frequently
the