794 verses contain “Judah” (in the KJV: 759, in the BSB: 783) — showing 201–300
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In the thirty and seventh year of
Joash king of
Judah began Jehoash the son of
Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
In the thirty-seventh year of the reign of
Joash over
Judah, Jehoash son of
Jehoahaz became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years.
And the rest of the acts of
Joash, and all that he did, and his might
wherewith he fought against
Amaziah king of
Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with all his accomplishments and his might, including his war against
Amaziah king of
Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of
Jehoahaz over Israel,
Amaziah son of
Joash became king of
Judah.
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to
Amaziah king of
Judah, saying, The
thistle that was in
Lebanon sent to the
cedar that was in
Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in
Lebanon, and
trode down the
thistle.
Thou hast indeed
smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and
tarry at home: for why shouldest thou
meddle to thy
hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and
Judah with thee?
You have indeed defeated
Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you
stir up trouble so that you fall—you and
Judah with you?”
But
Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and
Amaziah king of
Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to
Judah.
But
Amaziah would not
listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King
Amaziah of
Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in
Judah.
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
And Jehoash king of Israel took
Amaziah king of
Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of
Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and
brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured
Amaziah king of
Judah, the son of
Joash, the son of
Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with
Amaziah king of
Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with his accomplishments, his might, and how he
waged war against
Amaziah king of
Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
And
Amaziah the son of
Joash king of
Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of
Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
Amaziah son of
Joash king of
Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of
Jehoahaz king of Israel.
And the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
As for the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of
Judah?
And all the people of
Judah took
Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father
Amaziah.
Then all the people of
Judah took
Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father
Amaziah.
He built
Elath, and restored it to
Judah, after that the king
slept with his fathers.
Azariah was the one who rebuilt
Elath and restored it to
Judah after King
Amaziah rested with his fathers.
In the
fifteenth year of the reign of
Amaziah son of
Joash over
Judah,
Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years.
Now the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he
warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and
Hamath, which belonged to
Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
As for the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he
waged war and recovered both Damascus and
Hamath for Israel from
Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
In the twenty and seventh year of
Jeroboam king of Israel began
Azariah son of
Amaziah king of
Judah to reign.
And the rest of the acts of
Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
As for the rest of the acts of
Azariah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of
Judah?
In the thirty and eighth year of
Azariah king of
Judah did Zachariah the son of
Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
In the thirty-eighth year of
Azariah’s reign over
Judah,
Zechariah son of
Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months.
Shallum the son of
Jabesh began to reign in the nine and
thirtieth year of Uzziah king of
Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over
Judah, Shallum son of
Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
In the nine and
thirtieth year of
Azariah king of
Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
In the thirty-ninth year of
Azariah’s reign over
Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.
In the
fiftieth year of
Azariah king of
Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
In the
fiftieth year of
Azariah’s reign over
Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.
In the two and
fiftieth year of
Azariah king of
Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
In the fifty-second year of
Azariah’s reign over
Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.
In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of
Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against
Judah.)
In the
seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah
Ahaz the son of Jotham king of
Judah began to reign.
In the
seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah,
Ahaz son of Jotham became king of
Judah.
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered
Elath to Syria, and
drave the Jews from
Elath: and the Syrians came to
Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
At that time Rezin king of
Aram recovered
Elath for
Aram, drove out the men of
Judah, and sent the Edomites into
Elath, where they live to this day.
Now the rest of the acts of
Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
As for the rest of the acts of
Ahaz, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of
Judah?
In the
twelfth year of
Ahaz king of
Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
In the
twelfth year of the reign of
Ahaz over
Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
Yet the LORD
testified against Israel, and against
Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD
warned Israel and
Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
Therefore the LORD was very
angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of
Judah only.
So the LORD was very
angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of
Judah remained,
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that
Hezekiah the son of
Ahaz king of
Judah began to reign.
In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel,
Hezekiah son of
Ahaz became king of
Judah.
He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of
Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
And
Hezekiah king of
Judah sent to the king of Assyria to
Lachish, saying, I have
offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto
Hezekiah king of
Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
So
Hezekiah king of
Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at
Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from
Hezekiah king of
Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
At that time did
Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which
Hezekiah king of
Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
At that time
Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars
Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to
Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars
Hezekiah has removed, saying to
Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
Thus shall ye speak to
Hezekiah king of
Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest
deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
“Give this message to
Hezekiah king of
Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust,
deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
And the
remnant that is escaped of the house of
Judah shall yet again take root
downward, and bear fruit upward.
And the
surviving remnant of the house of
Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
And the rest of the acts of
Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a
pool, and a
conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
As for the rest of the acts of
Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the
pool and the
tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of
Judah?
Because
Manasseh king of
Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the
Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made
Judah also to sin with his idols:
“Since
Manasseh king of
Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the
Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused
Judah to sin,
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and
Judah, that
whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall
tingle.
this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such
calamity upon Jerusalem and
Judah that the news will
reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
Moreover
Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin
wherewith he made
Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Moreover,
Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused
Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
Now the rest of the acts of
Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he
sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
As for the rest of the acts of
Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of
Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Go ye,
enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all
Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is
kindled against us, because our fathers have not
hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring
calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of
Judah has read,
But to the king of
Judah which sent you to
enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.
And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
And he put down the
idolatrous priests, whom the kings of
Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of
Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto
Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Josiah also did away with the
idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of
Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of
Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to
Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of
Judah, and
defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-
sheba, and
brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
Then
Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of
Judah and
desecrated the high places, from Geba to
Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He
tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
And he took away the horses that the kings of
Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of
Nathan-melech the
chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the
chariots of the sun with fire.
And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of
Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named
Nathan-melech. And
Josiah burned up the
chariots of the sun.
And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of
Ahaz, which the kings of
Judah had made, and the altars which
Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and
brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the
brook Kidron.
He pulled down the altars that the kings of
Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of
Ahaz, and the altars that
Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king
pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the
sepulchre of the man of God, which came from
Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of
Bethel.
Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from
Judah and pronounced these things that you have done to the altar of
Bethel.”
Surely there was not
holden such a
passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of
Judah;
No such
Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and
Judah.
Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were
spied in the land of
Judah and in Jerusalem, did
Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
Furthermore,
Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of
Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath,
wherewith his anger was
kindled against
Judah, because of all the provocations that
Manasseh had
provoked him
withal.
Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the
fury of His burning anger, which was
kindled against
Judah because of all that
Manasseh had done to
provoke Him to anger.
And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
For the LORD had said, “I will remove
Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will
reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
Now the rest of the acts of
Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
As for the rest of the acts of
Josiah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of
Judah?
And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned
Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of
Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on
Judah a
levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of
Ammon, and sent them against
Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon
Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of
Manasseh, according to all that he did;
Surely this happened to
Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of
Manasseh and all that he had done,
Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
As for the rest of the acts of
Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of
Judah?
And
Jehoiachin the king of
Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
Jehoiachin king of
Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him
captive.
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and
Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and
Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And
Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
And the king of Babylon
smote them, and
slew them at Riblah in the land of
Hamath. So
Judah was carried away out of their land.
There at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So
Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
And as for the people that remained in the land of
Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of
Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of
Judah.
And it came to pass in the seven and
thirtieth year of the captivity of
Jehoiachin king of
Judah, in the
twelfth month, on the seven and
twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of
Jehoiachin king of
Judah out of prison;
On the twenty-seventh day of the
twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of
Judah’s King
Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King
Jehoiachin of
Judah from prison.
These were the sons of Israel:
Reuben,
Simeon, Levi,
Judah,
Issachar,
Zebulun,
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin,
Naphtali,
Gad, and Asher.
The sons of
Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the
firstborn of
Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he
slew him.
The sons of
Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the
Canaanite. Er,
Judah’s
firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
Tamar,
Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him
Perez and Zerah.
Judah had five sons in all.
Ram was the father of
Amminadab, and
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of
Judah.
The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
The descendants of
Judah:
Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.
And these written by name came in the days of
Hezekiah king of
Judah, and
smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
These who were noted by name came in the days of
Hezekiah king of
Judah. They attacked the Hamites and Meunites there in their dwellings,
devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
For
Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the
birthright was Joseph’s:)
And though
Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the
birthright belonged to Joseph.
All these were reckoned by
genealogies in the days of Jotham king of
Judah, and in the days of
Jeroboam king of Israel.
All of them were reckoned in the
genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of
Judah and
Jeroboam king of Israel.
And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away
Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar.
Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent
Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar.
And they gave them
Hebron in the land of
Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
They were given
Hebron in the land of
Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of
Judah, namely,
Hebron, the city of refuge, and
Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
So the descendants of Aaron were given
Hebron (a city of refuge),
Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of
Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of
Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of
Judah,
Simeon, and Benjamin.
So all Israel were reckoned by
genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and
Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their
transgression.
So all Israel was recorded in the
genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But
Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of
Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and
Manasseh;
These were some of the descendants of
Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and
Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem:
Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a
descendant of
Perez son of
Judah.
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
Other Benjamites and some men from
Judah also came to David in his
stronghold.
The children of
Judah that bare shield and
spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
David and all Israel went up to Baalah of
Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the
cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.
And
Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and
Judah was four hundred
threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
And
Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in
Judah.
Of
Judah,
Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of
Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
over
Judah was
Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over
Issachar was Omri son of Michael;
Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen
Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of
Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel
forever. For He chose
Judah as leader, and from the house of
Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
Send me now therefore a man
cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and
crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the
cunning men that are with me in
Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
Send me, therefore, a
craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple,
crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my
craftsmen in
Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
And the king made of the
algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and
psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of
Judah.
The king made the
algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of
Judah.)
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of
Judah,
Rehoboam reigned over them.
but
Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of
Judah.
And when
Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of
Judah and Benjamin an hundred and
fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to
Rehoboam.
When
Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he
mobilized the house of
Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to
Rehoboam.
Speak unto
Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of
Judah, and to all Israel in
Judah and Benjamin, saying,
“Tell
Rehoboam son of Solomon king of
Judah and all the Israelites in
Judah and Benjamin
And
Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in
Judah.
Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for
defense in
Judah.