Uzza

Uzza (meaning: strength) was the name of a garden in Jerusalem in which kings Manasseh and his son Amon were buried (2 Kings 21:18, 26). The garden was probably near the royal palace in the southern part of Jerusalem, and may have been part of the palace grounds rather than a separate public garden. The burial of Manasseh in his own house's garden rather than in the royal tombs of the City of David may reflect a mark of partial disfavor or simply the practice of late monarchy burial customs.

The garden name Uzza is also the name of several people in the Old Testament (most notably Uzzah son of Abinadab — see Uzzah), reflecting the common Hebrew root meaning of strength. The garden's association with the burial of two notably wicked kings — Manasseh, who filled Jerusalem with innocent blood (2 Kings 21:16), and Amon, who forsook God entirely — gives it a somber place in the history of the Judean monarchy.