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From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Uriah
    the Lord is my light. (1.) A Hittite, the husband of Bathsheba,
    whom David first seduced, and then after Uriah's death married.
    He was one of the band of David's "mighty men." The sad story of
    the curel wrongs inflicted upon him by David and of his mournful
    death are simply told in the sacred record (2 Sam. 11:2-12:26).
    (See BATHSHEBA; DAVID.)
      (2.) A priest of the house of Ahaz (Isa. 8:2).
      (3.) The father of Meremoth, mentioned in Ezra 8:33.

From: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

 Uriah, or Urijah, the Lord is my light or fire