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Uriah[a] (orUrijah in some older English translations) is aprophet andmartyr mentioned in theBook of Jeremiah.[1]
He is described as being the son of Shemaiah fromKiriath-Jearim. During the reign ofJehoiakim, king ofJudah, he fled intoEgypt 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." His life shows one possible consequence of giving biblical prophecy.[2]He spoke the same message asJeremiah did but unlike Jeremiah he ended up being killed. There is some discussion as to why one was killed and the other was not.[3][4]
InIslam, Uryā ibn Shamāyā (Arabic: أوريا ابن شمايا) has no mention in theQuran norHadith. Some people consider him to be an unmentionedprophet.[citation needed]
While it is not certain, there is a scholarly opinion that Uriah might be referenced in the Lachish letters. SeeLachish letters.
