Judah

• Birth of Judahc. 1755 BC
• Joseph sold to Egyptc. 1728 BC
• Birth of Perezc. 1721 BC
• 7 years of faminec. 1708 BC
• Joseph's brothers return to Egyptc. 1706 BC

David· Jew· Judah (Person)· Juda (Person)

Father

Israel

Mother

Leah

Spouse

Bath-shua· Tamar

Siblings

Asher· Benjamin· Dan· Dinah· Gad· Issachar· Joseph· Levi· Naphtali· Reuben· Simeon· Zebulun

Children

Er· Onan· Perez· Shelah· Zerah

• Ἰουδά·Judah
• Ἰουδαΐζω·Jews
• Ἰουδαϊκός·Jews
• Ἰουδαϊκῶς·Jews
• Ἰουδαῖος·Jews
• Ἰούδας·Judah
• דָּוִד·Davidmeans “well-beloved, dear”
• יָהַד·Jews
• יְהוּדַי·Jews
• יְהוּדָה·Judah
• יְהוּדִי·Jews

Includes 257 verses that refer to Judah without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. Genesis 29:35יְהוּדָה · Judah
   And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
2. Genesis 35:23יְהוּדָה · Judah
   The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
3. Genesis 37:26יְהוּדָה · Judah
   Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
4. Genesis 37:27Referred to, not named
   Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
5. Genesis 38:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
   About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
6. Genesis 38:2יְהוּדָה · Judah
   There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
7. Genesis 38:3Referred to, not named
   So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
8. Genesis 38:5Referred to, not named
   Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
9. Genesis 38:6יְהוּדָה · Judah
   Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
10. Genesis 38:7יְהוּדָה · Judah
    But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
11. Genesis 38:8יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
12. Genesis 38:11יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
13. Genesis 38:12יְהוּדָה · Judah
    After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
14. Genesis 38:15יְהוּדָה · Judah
    When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
15. Genesis 38:16Referred to, not named
    Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
16. Genesis 38:17Referred to, not named
    “I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”
17. Genesis 38:18Referred to, not named
    “What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
18. Genesis 38:20יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
19. Genesis 38:22יְהוּדָה · Judah
    So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
20. Genesis 38:23יְהוּדָה · Judah
    “Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
21. Genesis 38:24יְהוּדָה · Judah
    About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
22. Genesis 38:26יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
23. Genesis 43:3יְהוּדָה · Judah
    But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
24. Genesis 43:4Referred to, not named
    If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
25. Genesis 43:5Referred to, not named
    But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
26. Genesis 43:8יְהוּדָה · Judah
    And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
27. Genesis 43:9Referred to, not named
    I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
28. Genesis 43:10Referred to, not named
    If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
29. Genesis 44:14יְהוּדָה · Judah
    When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
30. Genesis 44:15Referred to, not named
    “What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
31. Genesis 44:16יְהוּדָה · Judah
    “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
32. Genesis 44:17Referred to, not named
    But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
33. Genesis 44:18יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
34. Genesis 46:12יְהוּדָה · Judah
    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
35. Genesis 46:28יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
36. Genesis 49:8יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
37. Genesis 49:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
38. Genesis 49:10יְהוּדָה · Judah
    The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
39. Genesis 49:11Referred to, not named
    He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
40. Exodus 1:2יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
41. Exodus 31:2יְהוּדָה · Judah
    “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
42. Exodus 35:30יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
43. Exodus 38:22יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.
44. Numbers 1:7יְהוּדָה · Judah
    …from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
45. Numbers 1:26יְהוּדָה · Judah
    From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
46. Numbers 1:27יְהוּדָה · Judah
    …those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.
47. Numbers 2:3יְהוּדָה · Judah
    On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Judahites is Nahshon son of Amminadab,
48. Numbers 2:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
    The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
49. Numbers 7:12יְהוּדָה · Judah
    On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offering.
50. Numbers 10:14יְהוּדָה · Judah
    First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
51. Numbers 13:6יְהוּדָה · Judah
    …from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
52. Numbers 26:19יְהוּדָה · Judah
    The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
53. Numbers 26:20יְהוּדָה · Judah
    These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
54. Numbers 26:22יְהוּדָה · Judah
    These were the clans of Judah, and their registration numbered 76,500.
55. Numbers 34:19יְהוּדָה · Judah
    These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
56. Deuteronomy 27:12יְהוּדָה · Judah
    “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
57. Deuteronomy 33:7יְהוּדָה · Judah
    And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”
58. Deuteronomy 34:2יְהוּדָה · Judah
    …all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,
59. Joshua 7:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
    The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.
60. Joshua 7:16יְהוּדָה · Judah
    So Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
61. Joshua 7:17יְהוּדָה · Judah
    He had the clans of Judah come forward, and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward, and the family of Zabdi was selected.
62. Joshua 7:18יְהוּדָה · Judah
    And he had the family of Zabdi come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.
63. Joshua 11:21יְהוּדָה · Judah
    At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.
64. Joshua 14:6יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
65. Joshua 15:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
66. Joshua 15:12יְהוּדָה · Judah
    And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.
67. Joshua 15:13יְהוּדָה · Judah
    According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
68. Joshua 15:20יְהוּדָה · Judah
    This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah.
69. Joshua 15:21יְהוּדָה · Judah
    These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
70. Joshua 15:63יְהוּדָה · Judah
    But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
71. Joshua 18:5יְהוּדָה · Judah
    …and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.
72. Joshua 18:11יְהוּדָה · Judah
    The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
73. Joshua 18:14יְהוּדָה · Judah
    On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
74. Joshua 19:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
    The second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon: Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah
75. Joshua 19:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
    The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.
76. Joshua 19:34יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.
77. Joshua 20:7יְהוּדָה · Judah
    So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
78. Joshua 21:4יְהוּדָה · Judah
    The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
79. Joshua 21:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
    From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name
80. Joshua 21:11יְהוּדָה · Judah
    They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
81. Judges 1:2יְהוּדָה · Judah
    “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”
82. Judges 1:3יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your territory.” So the Simeonites went with them.
83. Judges 1:4יְהוּדָה · Judah
    When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
84. Judges 1:5Referred to, not named
    And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
85. Judges 1:6Referred to, not named
    As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
86. Judges 1:7Referred to, not named
    Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
87. Judges 1:8יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
88. Judges 1:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.
89. Judges 1:10יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
90. Judges 1:11Referred to, not named
    From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
91. Judges 1:16יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
92. Judges 1:17יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
93. Judges 1:18יְהוּדָה · Judah
    And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.
94. Judges 1:19יְהוּדָה · Judah
    The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.
95. Judges 1:20Referred to, not named
    Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
96. Judges 10:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
    The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
97. Judges 15:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
    Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.
98. Judges 15:10יְהוּדָה · Judah
    “Why have you attacked us?” said the men of Judah. The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us.”
99. Judges 15:11יְהוּדָה · Judah
    In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
100. Judges 17:7יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
101. Judges 17:8יְהוּדָה · Judah
     This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
102. Judges 17:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
     “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
103. Judges 18:12יְהוּדָה · Judah
     They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
104. Judges 19:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
105. Judges 19:2יְהוּדָה · Judah
     But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
106. Judges 19:18יְהוּדָה · Judah
     The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
107. Judges 20:18יְהוּדָה · Judah
     The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
108. Ruth 1:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
109. Ruth 1:2יְהוּדָה · Judah
     The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
110. Ruth 1:7יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
111. Ruth 4:12יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
112. 1 Samuel 11:8יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
113. 1 Samuel 15:4יְהוּדָה · Judah
     So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
114. 1 Samuel 17:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
115. 1 Samuel 17:12יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.
116. 1 Samuel 17:52יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
117. 1 Samuel 18:16יְהוּדָה · Judah
     But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
118. 1 Samuel 22:5יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
119. 1 Samuel 23:3יְהוּדָה · Judah
     But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
120. 1 Samuel 23:23יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
121. 1 Samuel 27:6יְהוּדָה · Judah
     That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
122. 1 Samuel 27:10יְהוּדָה · Judah
     …who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
123. 1 Samuel 30:14יְהוּדָה · Judah
     We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
124. 1 Samuel 30:16יְהוּדָה · Judah
     So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
125. 1 Samuel 30:26יְהוּדָה · Judah
     When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
126. 2 Samuel 1:18יְהוּדָה · Judah
     …and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
127. 2 Samuel 2:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
128. 2 Samuel 2:4יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
129. 2 Samuel 2:7יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
130. 2 Samuel 2:10יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
131. 2 Samuel 2:11יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
132. 2 Samuel 3:8יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
133. 2 Samuel 3:10יְהוּדָה · Judah
     …to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
134. 2 Samuel 5:5יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
135. 2 Samuel 11:11יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
136. 2 Samuel 12:8יְהוּדָה · Judah
     I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
137. 2 Samuel 19:11יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
138. 2 Samuel 19:14יְהוּדָה · Judah
     So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”
139. 2 Samuel 19:15יְהוּדָה · Judah
     So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
140. 2 Samuel 19:16יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
141. 2 Samuel 19:40יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Then the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.
142. 2 Samuel 19:41יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
143. 2 Samuel 19:42יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
144. 2 Samuel 19:43יְהוּדָה · Judah
     “We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
145. 2 Samuel 20:2יְהוּדָה · Judah
     So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
146. 2 Samuel 20:4יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
147. 2 Samuel 20:5יְהוּדָה · Judah
     So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
148. 2 Samuel 21:2יְהוּדָה · Judah
     At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
149. 2 Samuel 24:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
150. 2 Samuel 24:7יְהוּדָה · Judah
     They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
151. 2 Samuel 24:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
152. 1 Kings 1:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.
153. 1 Kings 1:35יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
154. 1 Kings 2:32יְהוּדָה · Judah
     The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
155. 1 Kings 4:20יְהוּדָה · Judah
     The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
156. 1 Kings 4:25יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
157. 1 Kings 12:17יְהוּדָה · Judah
     …but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
158. 1 Kings 12:20יְהוּדָה · Judah
     When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
159. 1 Kings 12:21יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
160. 1 Kings 12:23יְהוּדָה · Judah
     “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people
161. 1 Kings 12:27יְהוּדָה · Judah
     If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
162. 1 Kings 12:32יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
163. 1 Kings 13:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
164. 1 Kings 13:12יְהוּדָה · Judah
     “Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
165. 1 Kings 13:14יְהוּדָה · Judah
     …and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
166. 1 Kings 13:21יְהוּדָה · Judah
     …and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,
167. 1 Kings 14:21יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
168. 1 Kings 14:22יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
169. 1 Kings 14:23Referred to, not named
     They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
170. 1 Kings 14:24Referred to, not named
     There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
171. 1 Kings 14:29יְהוּדָה · Judah
     As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
172. 1 Kings 15:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,
173. 1 Kings 15:7יְהוּדָה · Judah
     As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
174. 1 Kings 15:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,
175. 1 Kings 15:17יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
176. 1 Kings 15:22יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
177. 1 Kings 15:23יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.
178. 1 Kings 15:25יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.
179. 1 Kings 15:28יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.
180. 1 Kings 15:33יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
181. 1 Kings 16:8יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
182. 1 Kings 16:10יְהוּדָה · Judah
     So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.
183. 1 Kings 16:15יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
184. 1 Kings 16:23יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
185. 1 Kings 16:29יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.
186. 1 Kings 19:3יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
187. 1 Kings 22:2יְהוּדָה · Judah
     However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,
188. 1 Kings 22:10יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
189. 1 Kings 22:29יְהוּדָה · Judah
     So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
190. 1 Kings 22:41יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
191. 1 Kings 22:45יְהוּדָה · Judah
     As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, along with the might he exercised and how he waged war, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
192. 1 Kings 22:51יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
193. 2 Kings 1:17יְהוּדָה · Judah
     So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.
194. 2 Kings 3:1יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
195. 2 Kings 3:7יְהוּדָה · Judah
     And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
196. 2 Kings 3:9יְהוּדָה · Judah
     So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
197. 2 Kings 3:14יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
198. 2 Kings 8:16יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
199. 2 Kings 8:19יְהוּדָה · Judah
     Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
200. 2 Kings 8:20יְהוּדָה · Judah
     In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.