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.”
Person
Urijah
- Mentioned
- 3 verses · first in Jeremiah 26:20
Family
ParentsShemaiah
Urijah
About Urijah
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
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Others called Urijah
People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.