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Judah

Judah (Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel ): Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line , child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 ) Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Divided Kingdom of Israel and Judah—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 ).

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Judah (Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel ): Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line , child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 ) (mentioned in Genesis 29 , 1 Samuel 11 , 1 Samuel 15 ) Judah (Generation 41 • Messianic Line • Child of Joseph ): Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 41 of the Messianic Line, child of Joseph , parent of Simeon . ( Luke 3:30 ) (mentioned in Luke 3 ) Zerah (Generation 24 • Child of Judah): Zerah is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Judah. ( Genesis 46:12 , Joshua 7:1 , 7:18 , Matthew 1:3 ) (mentioned in Genesis 36 , Genesis 38 , Genesis 46 ) Shelah (Generation 24 • Child of Judah): Shelah is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Judah, parent of Er, Laadah , Jokim , Cozeba , Jephunneh . ( Genesis 38:2-5 , Genesis 46:12 , 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) (mentioned in Genesis 38 , Genesis 46 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Baale-judah (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 6:2 (identified with Kiriath-jearim ).) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Tel Lachish Archaeological Site — 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 ). Tel Dan Stele ( House of David Inscription ) — 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 .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Isaiah 11:13 : "The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah , and Judah shall not vex Ephraim."; 2 Chronicles 13:15 : "Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah."; 2 Chronicles 11:3 : "Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon , king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin , saying,". Related canonical books and chapters: The Prayer of Manasses King of Judah when He was Held Captive in Babylon ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 1 Chapters), The Prayer of Manasses King of Judah when He was Held Captive in Babylon 1 (The Prayer of Manasses King of Judah when He was Held Captive in Babylon • Chapter 1 (15 verses)), Judges (Old Testament • 21 Chapters).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Judah
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Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel

Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line , child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 )

Judah
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Generation 41 • Messianic Line • Child of Joseph

Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 41 of the Messianic Line , child of Joseph , parent of Simeon . ( Luke 3:30 )

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 ).

Baale-judah
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Biblical Place • Kiriath-jearim • 31.771°N, 34.994°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 6:2 (identified with Kiriath-jearim ).

Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 1 Chapters

The Prayer of Manasses King of Judah when He was Held Captive in Babylon ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 1 chapters). Key figures: Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel . Opens with: "O Lord Almighty, that are in heaven, you God of our fathers, of Abraham , and Isaac , and Jacob , and of their righteous seed;..."

Zerah
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Generation 24 • Child of Judah

Zerah is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Judah . ( Genesis 46:12 , Joshua 7:1 , 7:18 , Matthew 1:3 )

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 .

Shelah
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Generation 24 • Child of Judah

Shelah is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Judah , parent of Er, Laadah , Jokim , Cozeba , Jephunneh . ( Genesis 38:2-5 , Genesis 46:12 , 1 Chronicles 2:3 )

Joseph
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Generation 40 • Messianic Line • Child of Jonam

Joseph is a biblical figure in Generation 40 of the Messianic Line , child of Jonam , parent of Judah . ( Luke 3:30 )

Jehozadak
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Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah

( 1 Chronicles 6:14 ) Jehozadak was high priest ( Haggai 1:1 ) when Judah and Jerusalem were carried away into exile by Nebuchadnezzar ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ).

Jephunneh
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Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Simeon
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Generation 42 • Messianic Line • Child of Judah

Simeon is a biblical figure in Generation 42 of the Messianic Line , child of Judah , parent of Levi . ( Luke 3:30 )

Judges
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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 ..."

Caleb
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Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

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 ).

Matthew 1
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Matthew • Chapter 1 (25 verses)

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ , the son of David , the son of Abraham . Abraham begat Isaac ; and Isaac begat Jacob ; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren; And Judah begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram ; Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, David , Abram/Abraham, Isaac, Jacob/Israel, Aram , Rahab , Babylon .

Judges 1
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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 17
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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 15
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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 .

2 Chronicles 13
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 13 (22 verses)

Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah . He reigned three years in Jerusalem . His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah . And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. And Abijah set the battle in array with an army o... Mentions: Abijah, Judah , Uriel , Ephraim , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Gibeah 1 , Zemaraim , Jeshanah .

1 Chronicles 2
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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 13
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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 .

Onan
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Generation 24 • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:2-4 , Genesis 46:12 , 1 Chronicles 2:3 , Genesis 38:9-10 ) Onan did what was displeasing in the sight of the Lord, so He took his life. ( Genesis 38:10 )

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 18
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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 4
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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 13
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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 22
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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 17
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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 13
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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 8
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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 7
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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 25
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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 22
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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 16
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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 .

Scripture Passages (24)

The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah , and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon , king of Judah , and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin , saying,

Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah , and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel ; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord.

And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah , who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah .

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah , Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah .

1 Kings 12:23 (KJV)
1 Kings 12 KJV

Speak unto Rehoboam , the son of Solomon , king of Judah , and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin , and to the remnant of the people, saying,

Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah , and built Ramah , that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah .

And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah , and all Judah , and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem , that enter in by these gates:

And they taught in Judah , and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah , and taught the people.

And they went about in Judah , and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah , and the chief of the fathers of Israel , and they came to Jerusalem .

So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah , at Beth–shemesh, which belongeth to Judah .

As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem , the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah , and set garrisons in the land of Judah , and in the cities of Ephraim , which Asa his father had taken.

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel , Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah , Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

And in process of time the daughter of Shua Judah 's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnah , he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon , and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem ;

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