Wiki Article • History & Monarchy
After the death of Solomon , the monarchy split under Rehoboam and Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 12 ) into the northern Kingdom of Israel (centered at Samaria ) and the southern Kingdom of Judah (ruled by the Davidic line in Jerusalem ).
Biblical Place • Kiriath-jearim • 31.771°N, 34.994°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 6:2 (identified with Kiriath-jearim ).
The Prayer of Manasses King of Judah when He was Held Captive in Babylon • Chapter 1 (15 verses)
O Lord Almighty, that are in heaven, you God of our fathers, of Abraham , and Isaac , and Jacob , and of their righteous seed; who have made heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereof; who have bound the sea by the word of your commandment; who have shut up the deep, and seale... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel .
Old Testament • 21 Chapters
Judges (Old Testament, 21 chapters). Key figures: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Simeon , Hebron , Caleb . Key places: Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Hebron , Debir 1 , Arad , Zephath . Opens with: "Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaan ..."
Interactive 3D Archaeological Tell • Joshua 10:31 & 2 Kings 18:14
3D archaeological site model from the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East documenting the fortified Judean city of Lachish (Tel Lachish)—the second most important city in the Kingdom of Judah after Jerusalem , besieged by Sennacherib in 701 BC and by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BC ( Jeremiah 34:7 ).
Judges • Chapter 1 (36 verses)
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. And Judah said unt... Mentions: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah, Simeon , Hebron , Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Debir 1 , Arad .
Jeremiah • Chapter 17 (27 verses)
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. O my mountain in th... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , David , Benjamin , Jerusalem .
1 Kings • Chapter 15 (34 verses)
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah . Three years reigned he in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was ... Mentions: Judah , David , Rehoboam , Asa , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Kidron , Ramah 1 , Syria , Damascus .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 2 (55 verses)
These are the sons of Israel ; Reuben , Simeon , Levi , and Judah , Issachar , and Zebulun , Dan , Joseph , and 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... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Reuben , Simeon , Levi , Judah, Dan , Tamar 2 , Hezron , Zimri , Ephrath .
Interactive 3D Epigraphic Scan • 2 Kings 8–9
Broken 9th-century BC basalt stele discovered at Tel Dan in 1993–1994 containing an Old Aramaic victory inscription of King Hazael of Aram - Damascus that explicitly references the ' House of David ' (bytdwd) alongside Kings Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah .
1 Kings • Chapter 13 (34 verses)
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the h... Mentions: Judah , David , Josiah , Samaria .
Interactive 3D Cuneiform Prism • 2 Kings 18–19 & Isaiah 36–37
Six-sided baked clay prism discovered at Nineveh inscribed with the annals of Assyrian King Sennacherib's 701 BC campaign against Judah , famously declaring that he shut up ' Hezekiah the Judahite within Jerusalem , his royal city, like a bird in a cage'—without claiming to capture the city ( 2 Kings 19:32–36 ).
Judges • Chapter 18 (31 verses)
In those days there was no king in Israel : and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel . And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from th... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Ephraim , Micah , Judah , Zorah , Eshtaol , Laish .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 4 (43 verses)
The sons of Judah ; Pharez, Hezron , and Carmi , and Hur, and Shobal. And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath ; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. And these were of the father of Etam ; Jezreel , and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their ... Mentions: Judah , Hezron , Caleb (or Carmi or Chelubai), Jahath, Gedor , Etam 1 , Jezreel 2 , Penuel , Gedor 1 .
2 Kings • Chapter 13 (25 verses)
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria , and reigned seventeen years. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, whic... Mentions: Joash , Ahaziah , Judah , Jehoahaz (or Johanan ), Jacob/Israel , Samaria , Syria , Aphek 2 .
Jeremiah • Chapter 22 (30 verses)
Thus saith the Lord; Go down to the house of the king of Judah , and speak there this word, And say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah , that sittest upon the throne of David , thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: Thus saith the Lord; Execute... Mentions: Judah, David , Shallum , Josiah , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ), Gilead , Lebanon , Jerusalem , Bashan , Babylon .
Judges • Chapter 17 (13 verses)
And there was a man of mount Ephraim , whose name was Micah . And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Ble... Mentions: Ephraim , Micah , Jacob/Israel , Judah .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 13 (14 verses)
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel , If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the lan... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel , Saul , Judah , Abinadab , Shihor , Egypt , Hamath , Baalah 2 , Uzza .
Jeremiah • Chapter 8 (22 verses)
At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah , and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem , out of their graves: And they shall spread them before the... Mentions: Judah , Dan , Jerusalem , Zion , Gilead .
Hebrews • Chapter 7 (28 verses)
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem , priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem , whi... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Levi , Aaron , Judah , Moses , Salem.
2 Chronicles • Chapter 25 (28 verses)
Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem . And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. Now it came to pass, when the... Mentions: Amaziah , Moses , Judah , Benjamin , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem, Ephraim , Seir , Samaria , Lebanon .
1 Kings • Chapter 22 (53 verses)
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel . And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel . And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, a... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Jehoshaphat , Judah , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Amon , Syria , Ramoth 3 , Gilead , Samaria , Jerusalem .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 16 (14 verses)
In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah , and built Ramah , to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah . Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of t... Mentions: Asa, Jacob/Israel , Judah, Dan , Abel , Ramah 1 , Syria , Damascus , Ijon .