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Judah

יְהוּדָה · ye.hu.dah · H3063GἸουδά · Iouda · G24489 other spellings“the praise of the Lord; confession” Hitchcock's 18691023 mentions in 47 books, most in Jeremiah (173)
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Who he was

Judah, Jews, and Judea are terms used throughout the Bible to refer to the Israelite tribe, the southern kingdom, and the Roman province, depending on the historical context.

Judah was the fourth son of Israel (or 'Jacob') and Leah (Genesis 29:35) and became the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribe of Judah played a prominent role in Israel's history, with notable figures such as Caleb, Othniel, and King David coming from this tribe.

After the reign of Solomon, the kingdom of Israel split into two: the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah (1Kings 12). The southern kingdom, which included the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty and the worship of God in Jerusalem. The kingdom of Judah lasted from about 930 BC until the Babylonian conquest in 586 BC.

Following the Babylonian exile, many Jews returned to the land of Judah, now a province of the Persian Empire (Ezra 1-6). During the Second Temple period, Judea became a province of the Roman Empire. In the New Testament, the terms "Jews" and "Judea" are often used to refer to the Jewish people and the region they inhabited.

The history of Judah, the Jews, and Judea is a central focus of the biblical narrative, with many of the key events, prophecies, and teachings revolving around this people and their relationship with God. The prophets, such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, often addressed their messages to Judah and warned of judgment for disobedience while also offering hope for restoration.

In the New Testament, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, is born in Judea and is recognized as the King of the Jews (Matthew 2:2). The early Christian church began in Jerusalem, and many of the first converts were Jews (Acts 2).

Throughout the Bible, God's covenant relationship with the people of Judah, the Jews, and the inhabitants of Judea remains a central theme, highlighting His faithfulness, judgment, and redemptive purposes for all nations through the Jewish Messiah, Jesus Christ.

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GenesisChapter 29: 1 mentionChapter 35: 1 mentionChapter 37: 1 mentionChapter 38: 13 mentionsChapter 43: 2 mentionsChapter 44: 3 mentionsChapter 46: 2 mentionsChapter 49: 3 mentions26 mentions
Genesis 29:35She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “This time I will praise Yahweh.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.Genesis 37:26Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?Genesis 38:1At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.Genesis 38:2There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.Genesis 38:6Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.Genesis 38:7Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him.Genesis 38:8Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”Genesis 38:11Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went…Genesis 38:12After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.Genesis 38:15When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.Genesis 38:20Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her.Genesis 38:22He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”Genesis 38:23Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”Genesis 38:24About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let…Genesis 38:26Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.Genesis 43:3Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’Genesis 43:8Judah said to Israel, his father, “Send the boy with me, and we’ll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.Genesis 44:14Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.Genesis 44:16Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and he…Genesis 44:18Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.Genesis 46:28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.Genesis 49:8“Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.Genesis 49:9Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
ExodusChapter 1: 1 mentionChapter 31: 1 mentionChapter 35: 1 mentionChapter 38: 1 mention4 mentions
NumbersChapter 1: 3 mentionsChapter 2: 2 mentionsChapter 7: 1 mentionChapter 10: 1 mentionChapter 13: 1 mentionChapter 26: 3 mentionsChapter 34: 1 mention12 mentions
Numbers 1:7Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.Numbers 1:26Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go…Numbers 1:27those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.Numbers 2:3“Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the…Numbers 2:9“All who were counted of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.Numbers 7:12He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah,Numbers 10:14First, the standard of the camp of the children of Judah went forward according to their armies. Nahshon the son of Amminadab was over his army.Numbers 13:6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.Numbers 26:20The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.Numbers 26:22These are the families of Judah according to those who were counted of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.Numbers 34:19These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
DeuteronomyChapter 27: 1 mentionChapter 33: 1 mentionChapter 34: 1 mention3 mentions
JoshuaChapter 7: 4 mentionsChapter 11: 1 mentionChapter 14: 1 mentionChapter 15: 6 mentionsChapter 18: 3 mentionsChapter 19: 3 mentionsChapter 20: 1 mentionChapter 21: 3 mentions22 mentions
Joshua 7:1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted…Joshua 7:16So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected.Joshua 7:17He brought near the family of Judah, and he selected the family of the Zerahites. He brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was selected.Joshua 7:18He brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.Joshua 11:21Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel.…Joshua 14:6Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me…Joshua 15:1The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.Joshua 15:12The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.Joshua 15:13He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also…Joshua 15:20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.Joshua 15:21The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,Joshua 15:63As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah couldn’t drive them out; but the Jebusites live with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.Joshua 18:5They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.Joshua 18:11The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. The border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.Joshua 18:14The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), a…Joshua 19:1The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. Their inheritance was in the middle of the inheritance of the children of Judah.Joshua 19:9Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the children of Simeon had…Joshua 19:34The border turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there to Hukkok. It reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the…Joshua 20:7They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.Joshua 21:4The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of…Joshua 21:9They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:Joshua 21:11They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
JudgesChapter 1: 10 mentionsChapter 10: 1 mentionChapter 15: 3 mentionsChapter 17: 3 mentionsChapter 18: 1 mentionChapter 19: 3 mentionsChapter 20: 1 mention22 mentions
Judges 1:2Yahweh said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”Judges 1:3Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.Judges 1:4Judah went up, and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.Judges 1:8The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.Judges 1:9After that, the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.Judges 1:10Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.Judges 1:16The children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they…Judges 1:17Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.Judges 1:18Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.Judges 1:19Yahweh was with Judah, and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.Judges 10:9The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was very distressed.Judges 15:9Then the Philistines went up, encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.Judges 15:10The men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?” They said, “We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.”Judges 15:11Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in Etam’s rock, and said to Samson, “Don’t you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to…Judges 17:7There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.Judges 17:8The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he traveled.Judges 17:9Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”Judges 18:12They went up and encamped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. Behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.Judges 19:1In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem…Judges 19:2His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father’s house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there for four months.Judges 19:18He said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem Judah. I am going to Yahweh’s house; and…Judges 20:18The children of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God. They asked, “Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin?” Yahweh said, “Judah first.”
RuthChapter 1: 3 mentionsChapter 4: 1 mention4 mentions
1 SamuelChapter 11: 1 mentionChapter 15: 1 mentionChapter 17: 3 mentionsChapter 18: 1 mentionChapter 22: 1 mentionChapter 23: 2 mentionsChapter 27: 2 mentionsChapter 30: 3 mentions14 mentions
1 Samuel 11:8He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.1 Samuel 15:4Saul summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.1 Samuel 17:1Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephesdammim.1 Samuel 17:12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.1 Samuel 17:52The men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as Gai and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even…1 Samuel 18:16But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.1 Samuel 22:5The prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah.” Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.1 Samuel 23:3David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”1 Samuel 23:23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself; and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you. It shall happen, if he is in the land, that…1 Samuel 27:6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.1 Samuel 27:10Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”1 Samuel 30:14We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”1 Samuel 30:16When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of…1 Samuel 30:26When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of Yahweh’s enemies.”
2 SamuelChapter 1: 1 mentionChapter 2: 5 mentionsChapter 3: 2 mentionsChapter 5: 1 mentionChapter 11: 1 mentionChapter 12: 1 mentionChapter 19: 8 mentionsChapter 20: 3 mentionsChapter 21: 1 mentionChapter 24: 3 mentions26 mentions
2 Samuel 1:18(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):2 Samuel 2:1After this, David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” Yahweh said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”2 Samuel 2:4The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”2 Samuel 2:7Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.”2 Samuel 2:10Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.2 Samuel 2:11The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.2 Samuel 3:8Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to your father Saul’s house, to his brothers, and to his…2 Samuel 3:10to transfer the kingdom from Saul’s house, and to set up David’s throne over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.”2 Samuel 5:5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.2 Samuel 11:11Uriah said to David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house to eat…2 Samuel 12:8I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you…2 Samuel 19:11King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the speech of all…2 Samuel 19:14He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man, so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”2 Samuel 19:15So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.2 Samuel 19:16Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.2 Samuel 19:40So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him. All the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.2 Samuel 19:41Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household, over the Jordan, and…2 Samuel 19:42All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he…2 Samuel 19:43The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should…2 Samuel 20:2So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 20:4Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”2 Samuel 20:5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to him.2 Samuel 21:2The king called the Gibeonites and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the children of Israel had sworn to them…2 Samuel 24:1Again Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”2 Samuel 24:7and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.2 Samuel 24:9Joab gave up the sum of the counting of the people to the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred…
1 KingsChapter 1: 2 mentionsChapter 2: 1 mentionChapter 4: 2 mentionsChapter 12: 6 mentionsChapter 13: 4 mentionsChapter 14: 3 mentionsChapter 15: 9 mentionsChapter 16: 5 mentionsChapter 19: 1 mentionChapter 22: 6 mentions39 mentions
1 Kings 1:9Adonijah killed sheep, cattle, and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s…1 Kings 1:35Then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.”1 Kings 2:32Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the…1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.1 Kings 4:25Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.1 Kings 12:17But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.1 Kings 12:20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for…1 Kings 12:21When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house…1 Kings 12:23“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,1 Kings 12:27If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill…1 Kings 12:32Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar. He did so in Bethel, sacrificing to the…1 Kings 13:1Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Bethel; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.1 Kings 13:12Their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.1 Kings 13:14He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” He said, “I am.”1 Kings 13:21and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have been disobedient to Yahweh’s word, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God…1 Kings 14:21Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of…1 Kings 14:22Judah did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.1 Kings 14:29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?1 Kings 15:1Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.1 Kings 15:7The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.1 Kings 15:9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.1 Kings 15:17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.1 Kings 15:22Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and King Asa used it to build Geba…1 Kings 15:23Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in…1 Kings 15:25Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.1 Kings 15:28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him and reigned in his place.1 Kings 15:33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.
2 KingsChapter 1: 1 mentionChapter 3: 4 mentionsChapter 8: 7 mentionsChapter 9: 4 mentionsChapter 10: 1 mentionChapter 12: 2 mentionsChapter 13: 3 mentionsChapter 14: 13 mentionsChapter 15: 10 mentionsChapter 16: 3 mentionsChapter 17: 4 mentionsChapter 18: 6 mentionsChapter 19: 2 mentionsChapter 20: 1 mentionChapter 21: 5 mentionsChapter 22: 3 mentionsChapter 23: 12 mentionsChapter 24: 5 mentionsChapter 25: 4 mentions90 mentions
1 ChroniclesChapter 2: 4 mentionsChapter 4: 4 mentionsChapter 5: 2 mentionsChapter 6: 3 mentionsChapter 9: 3 mentionsChapter 12: 2 mentionsChapter 13: 1 mentionChapter 21: 1 mentionChapter 27: 1 mentionChapter 28: 1 mention22 mentions
2 ChroniclesChapter 2: 1 mentionChapter 9: 1 mentionChapter 10: 1 mentionChapter 11: 8 mentionsChapter 12: 3 mentionsChapter 13: 6 mentionsChapter 14: 6 mentionsChapter 15: 4 mentionsChapter 16: 4 mentionsChapter 17: 10 mentionsChapter 18: 3 mentionsChapter 19: 3 mentionsChapter 20: 13 mentionsChapter 21: 7 mentionsChapter 22: 4 mentionsChapter 23: 2 mentionsChapter 24: 6 mentionsChapter 25: 13 mentionsChapter 26: 2 mentionsChapter 27: 2 mentionsChapter 28: 8 mentionsChapter 29: 2 mentionsChapter 30: 5 mentionsChapter 31: 3 mentionsChapter 32: 8 mentionsChapter 33: 3 mentionsChapter 34: 9 mentionsChapter 35: 4 mentionsChapter 36: 4 mentions145 mentions
EzraChapter 1: 4 mentionsChapter 2: 1 mentionChapter 4: 5 mentionsChapter 5: 2 mentionsChapter 6: 3 mentionsChapter 10: 2 mentions17 mentions
NehemiahChapter 1: 1 mentionChapter 2: 3 mentionsChapter 4: 5 mentionsChapter 5: 4 mentionsChapter 6: 4 mentionsChapter 7: 1 mentionChapter 11: 6 mentionsChapter 12: 3 mentionsChapter 13: 5 mentions32 mentions
EstherChapter 2: 2 mentionsChapter 3: 4 mentionsChapter 4: 5 mentionsChapter 5: 1 mentionChapter 6: 2 mentionsChapter 8: 10 mentionsChapter 9: 22 mentionsChapter 10: 1 mention47 mentions
PsalmsChapter 48: 1 mentionChapter 60: 1 mentionChapter 63: 1 mentionChapter 68: 1 mentionChapter 69: 1 mentionChapter 76: 1 mentionChapter 78: 1 mentionChapter 97: 1 mentionChapter 108: 1 mentionChapter 114: 1 mention10 mentions
ProverbsChapter 25: 1 mention1 mention
IsaiahChapter 1: 1 mentionChapter 2: 1 mentionChapter 3: 2 mentionsChapter 5: 2 mentionsChapter 7: 3 mentionsChapter 8: 1 mentionChapter 9: 1 mentionChapter 11: 2 mentionsChapter 19: 1 mentionChapter 22: 2 mentionsChapter 26: 1 mentionChapter 36: 2 mentionsChapter 37: 2 mentionsChapter 38: 1 mentionChapter 40: 1 mentionChapter 44: 1 mentionChapter 48: 1 mentionChapter 65: 1 mention26 mentions
JeremiahChapter 1: 4 mentionsChapter 2: 1 mentionChapter 3: 5 mentionsChapter 4: 4 mentionsChapter 5: 2 mentionsChapter 7: 4 mentionsChapter 8: 1 mentionChapter 9: 2 mentionsChapter 10: 1 mentionChapter 11: 7 mentionsChapter 12: 1 mentionChapter 13: 3 mentionsChapter 14: 2 mentionsChapter 15: 1 mentionChapter 17: 5 mentionsChapter 18: 1 mentionChapter 19: 4 mentionsChapter 20: 2 mentionsChapter 21: 2 mentionsChapter 22: 7 mentionsChapter 23: 1 mentionChapter 24: 3 mentionsChapter 25: 4 mentionsChapter 26: 5 mentionsChapter 27: 6 mentionsChapter 28: 2 mentionsChapter 29: 3 mentionsChapter 30: 2 mentionsChapter 31: 4 mentionsChapter 32: 9 mentionsChapter 33: 6 mentionsChapter 34: 8 mentionsChapter 35: 3 mentionsChapter 36: 10 mentionsChapter 37: 2 mentionsChapter 38: 2 mentionsChapter 39: 4 mentionsChapter 40: 5 mentionsChapter 41: 1 mentionChapter 42: 2 mentionsChapter 43: 3 mentionsChapter 44: 15 mentionsChapter 45: 1 mentionChapter 46: 1 mentionChapter 49: 1 mentionChapter 50: 3 mentionsChapter 51: 2 mentionsChapter 52: 6 mentions173 mentions
LamentationsChapter 1: 2 mentionsChapter 2: 2 mentionsChapter 5: 1 mention5 mentions
EzekielChapter 4: 1 mentionChapter 8: 2 mentionsChapter 9: 1 mentionChapter 21: 1 mentionChapter 25: 3 mentionsChapter 27: 1 mentionChapter 37: 2 mentionsChapter 48: 4 mentions15 mentions
DanielChapter 1: 3 mentionsChapter 3: 2 mentionsChapter 9: 1 mention6 mentions
HoseaChapter 1: 3 mentionsChapter 4: 1 mentionChapter 5: 5 mentionsChapter 6: 2 mentionsChapter 8: 1 mentionChapter 10: 1 mentionChapter 11: 1 mentionChapter 12: 1 mention15 mentions
JoelChapter 3: 6 mentions6 mentions
AmosChapter 1: 1 mentionChapter 2: 2 mentionsChapter 7: 1 mention4 mentions
ObadiahChapter 1: 1 mention1 mention
MicahChapter 1: 3 mentionsChapter 5: 1 mention4 mentions
NahumChapter 1: 1 mention1 mention
ZephaniahChapter 1: 2 mentionsChapter 2: 1 mention3 mentions
HaggaiChapter 1: 2 mentionsChapter 2: 2 mentions4 mentions
ZechariahChapter 1: 3 mentionsChapter 2: 1 mentionChapter 8: 4 mentionsChapter 9: 2 mentionsChapter 10: 2 mentionsChapter 11: 1 mentionChapter 12: 5 mentionsChapter 14: 3 mentions21 mentions
MalachiChapter 2: 1 mentionChapter 3: 1 mention2 mentions
MatthewChapter 1: 2 mentionsChapter 2: 2 mentionsChapter 27: 3 mentionsChapter 28: 1 mention8 mentions
MarkChapter 7: 1 mentionChapter 15: 5 mentions6 mentions
LukeChapter 1: 1 mentionChapter 3: 1 mentionChapter 7: 1 mentionChapter 23: 5 mentions8 mentions
JohnChapter 1: 1 mentionChapter 2: 4 mentionsChapter 3: 3 mentionsChapter 4: 2 mentionsChapter 5: 5 mentionsChapter 6: 3 mentionsChapter 7: 6 mentionsChapter 8: 5 mentionsChapter 9: 2 mentionsChapter 10: 4 mentionsChapter 11: 8 mentionsChapter 12: 2 mentionsChapter 13: 1 mentionChapter 18: 9 mentionsChapter 19: 11 mentionsChapter 20: 1 mention67 mentions
ActsChapter 2: 4 mentionsChapter 9: 2 mentionsChapter 10: 3 mentionsChapter 11: 1 mentionChapter 12: 2 mentionsChapter 13: 6 mentionsChapter 14: 5 mentionsChapter 16: 3 mentionsChapter 17: 5 mentionsChapter 18: 8 mentionsChapter 19: 6 mentionsChapter 20: 3 mentionsChapter 21: 5 mentionsChapter 22: 3 mentionsChapter 23: 4 mentionsChapter 24: 6 mentionsChapter 25: 7 mentionsChapter 26: 5 mentionsChapter 28: 3 mentions81 mentions
RomansChapter 1: 1 mentionChapter 2: 5 mentionsChapter 3: 3 mentionsChapter 9: 1 mentionChapter 10: 1 mention11 mentions
1 CorinthiansChapter 1: 3 mentionsChapter 9: 1 mentionChapter 10: 1 mentionChapter 12: 1 mention6 mentions
2 CorinthiansChapter 11: 1 mention1 mention
GalatiansChapter 2: 3 mentionsChapter 3: 1 mention4 mentions
ColossiansChapter 3: 1 mention1 mention
1 ThessaloniansChapter 2: 1 mention1 mention
TitusChapter 1: 1 mention1 mention
HebrewsChapter 7: 1 mentionChapter 8: 1 mention2 mentions
RevelationChapter 2: 1 mentionChapter 3: 1 mentionChapter 5: 1 mentionChapter 7: 1 mention4 mentions

What the dictionary says

Praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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