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New page: '''Uzzi''' (Hebrew '''עֻזִּ֖י''', forceful) (fl. 2763-2843 AM) was the sixth High Priest of Israel and an ancestor of Ezra. ({{Bible ref|book=1_Chronicles|chap=6|ver...
'''Uzzi''' ([[Hebrew]] '''עֻזִּ֖י''', forceful) (fl. 2763-2843 AM) was the sixth [[High Priest]] of [[Israel]] and an ancestor of [[Ezra]]. ({{Bible ref|book=1_Chronicles|chap=6|verses=5,51}}, {{Bible ref|book=Ezra|chap=7|verses=1-5}})
Uzzi is one of three high priests of the line of [[Eleazar (son of Aaron)|Eleazar]] who held the office between the death of [[Phinehas]] (2603 AM) and the investiture of [[Eli]] (2843 AM).<ref name=Josephus>Josephus, ''Antiquities'', 5.11.5.361-2</ref> Each of these three men is estimated to have held the office for eighty years. Uzzi held the high priesthood during the careers of [[Judge]]s [[Gideon]], [[Tola]], and [[Jair]].
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Uzzi is one of three high priests of the line of [[Eleazar (son of Aaron)|Eleazar]] who held the office between the death of [[Phinehas]] (2603 AM) and the investiture of [[Eli]] (2843 AM).<ref name=Josephus>Josephus, ''Antiquities'', 5.11.5.361-2</ref> Each of these three men is estimated to have held the office for eighty years. Uzzi held the high priesthood during the careers of [[Judge]]s [[Gideon]], [[Tola]], and [[Jair]].
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{{nb High Priest}}