ID: 901000419 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000419	Record Type: Character/Person

	Uzziah, King of Judah (Old Testament character)

Note: An ancestor of Christ depicted in the Tree of Jesse. In the Old Testament (2 Chronicles 26), son and successor of Amaziah, and king of Judah for 52 years (ca. 791–739 BCE). Identified with an historical character.

Display Date: reigned ca. 791-739 BCE

Names:

	Uzziah, King of Judah (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Uzziah (Old Testament character) (Dutch-P,D,N)
	Uzziah (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
	Azariah (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Azarias (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Ozias (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament characters> (P)
		............Uzziah, King of Judah (Old Testament character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Tree of Jesse
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Themes surrounding Jesus Christ, Tree of Jesse (Christian theme)) [901000411]

	parent of .... Jotham
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Jotham (Old Testament character)) [901000420]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... religious characters
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
	.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... king (person)
	.....(monarchs, rulers (people), people in administration and government, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	ruler of .... Judah
	.....(Israel, Asia) (TGN)

	identified as .... Uzziah, King of Judah (Judahite king, 8th century BCE)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Uzziah, King of Judah (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2007061653
	Uzziah (Old Testament character)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71L2111 Uzziah wages war
	Azariah (Old Testament character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Azarias (Old Testament character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Ozias (Old Testament character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Uzziah," accessed 2 July 2017