Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Sacred Scripture Peoples and figures

Oza

OZA

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Also known as: Uzzah

OZA (Heb. 'Uzzā'). - Son of Abinadab, who fell struck dead for having dared to touch the Ark of the Covenant while he was transporting it from Kiriath-jearim to Jerusalem (II Sam. 6:3-8; I Chron. 13:7-11).

This name was also borne by: a descendant of the patriarch Benjamin (I Chron. 8:7); a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Ezra 2:49; Neh. 7:51); a Levite of the stock of Merari (I Chron. 6:14: Heb. 'Uzzāh).

In II Kings 21:18, 26, where the passage moves from the "garden of O.," perhaps located in the Kidron valley (cf. ibid. 25:4; Neh. 3:15), the most probable reading would be "Uzziah" or "Azariah" (cf. ibid. 15:1, 13), king of Judah (769-738 B.C.).

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 487.

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Penna, Angelo. “Oza (Ebr. 'UzzĀ').” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 487. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/oza-ebr-uzza.

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Penna, Angelo. “Oza (Ebr. 'UzzĀ').” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 487. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/oza-ebr-uzza.

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  author    = {Penna, Angelo},
  title     = {Oza (Ebr. 'UzzĀ')},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {487},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/oza-ebr-uzza}
}

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