Judah (patriarch)

All 245 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Genesis

• Genesis 29:35

  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.

• Genesis 35:23

  The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

• Genesis 37:26

  Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

• Genesis 38:1

  About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

• Genesis 38:2

  There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

• Genesis 38:6

  Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

• Genesis 38:7

  But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

• Genesis 38:8

  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.”

• Genesis 38:11

  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.

• Genesis 38:12

  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.

• Genesis 38:15

  When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

• Genesis 38:20

  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.

• Genesis 38:22

  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.’”

• Genesis 38:23

  “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.”

• Genesis 38:24

  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!”

• Genesis 38:26

  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.

• Genesis 43:3

  But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

• Genesis 43:8

  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.

• Genesis 44:14

  When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

• Genesis 44:16

  “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.”

• Genesis 44:18

  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.

• Genesis 46:12

  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.

• Genesis 46:28

  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,

• Genesis 49:8

  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.

• Genesis 49:9

  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?

• Genesis 49:10

  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.

Exodus

• Exodus 1:2

  Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

• Exodus 31:2

  “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

• Exodus 35:30

  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.

• Exodus 38:22

  Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.

Numbers

• Numbers 1:7

  from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

• Numbers 1:26

  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,

• Numbers 1:27

  those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

• Numbers 2:3

  On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard: The leader of the descendants of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab,

• Numbers 2:9

  The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.

• Numbers 7:12

  On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offering.

• Numbers 10:14

  First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

• Numbers 13:6

  from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

• Numbers 26:19

  The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.

• Numbers 26:20

  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.

• Numbers 26:22

  These were the clans of Judah, and their registration numbered 76,500.

• Numbers 34:19

  These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 27:12

  “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

• Deuteronomy 33:7

  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.”

• Deuteronomy 34:2

  all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,

Joshua

• Joshua 7:1

  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.

• Joshua 7:16

  So Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

• Joshua 7:17

  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.

• Joshua 7:18

  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.

• Joshua 11:21

  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.

• Joshua 14:6

  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.

• Joshua 15:1

  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:

• Joshua 15:12

  And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.

• Joshua 15:13

  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.)

• Joshua 15:20

  This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah.

• Joshua 15:21

  These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

• Joshua 15:63

  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.

• Joshua 18:5

  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.

• Joshua 18:11

  The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:

• Joshua 18:14

  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.

• Joshua 19:1

  The second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon: Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah

• Joshua 19:9

  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.

• Joshua 19:34

  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.

• Joshua 20:7

  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.

• Joshua 21:4

  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.

• Joshua 21:9

  From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name

• Joshua 21:11

  They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

Judges

• Judges 1:2

  “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”

• Judges 1:3

  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.

• Judges 1:4

  When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.

• Judges 1:8

  Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

• Judges 1:9

  Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.

• Judges 1:10

  Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

• Judges 1:16

  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.

• Judges 1:17

  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.

• Judges 1:18

  And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.

• Judges 1:19

  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.

• Judges 10:9

  The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.

• Judges 15:9

  Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.

• Judges 15:10

  “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.”

• Judges 15:11

  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.

• Judges 17:7

  And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

• Judges 18:12

  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.

• Judges 20:18

  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.

Ruth

• Ruth 1:7

  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.

• Ruth 4:12

  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.”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 11:8

  And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.

• 1 Samuel 15:4

  So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

• 1 Samuel 17:1

  Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

• 1 Samuel 17:52

  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.

• 1 Samuel 18:16

  But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.

• 1 Samuel 22:5

  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.

• 1 Samuel 23:3

  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?”

• 1 Samuel 23:23

  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.”

• 1 Samuel 27:6

  That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.

• 1 Samuel 27:10

  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.”

• 1 Samuel 30:14

  We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

• 1 Samuel 30:16

  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.

• 1 Samuel 30:26

  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.”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 1:18

  and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

• 2 Samuel 2:1

  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.

• 2 Samuel 2:4

  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.”

• 2 Samuel 2:7

  Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”

• 2 Samuel 2:10

  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.

• 2 Samuel 2:11

  And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

• 2 Samuel 3:8

  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!

• 2 Samuel 3:10

  to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”

• 2 Samuel 5:5

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

• 2 Samuel 6:2

  And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name— the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

• 2 Samuel 11:11

  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!”

• 2 Samuel 12:8

  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.

• 2 Samuel 19:11

  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?

• 2 Samuel 19:14

  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.”

• 2 Samuel 19:15

  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.

• 2 Samuel 19:16

  Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,

• 2 Samuel 19:40

  Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.

• 2 Samuel 19:41

  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?”

• 2 Samuel 19:42

  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?”

• 2 Samuel 19:43

  “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 pressed even harder than the men of Israel.

• 2 Samuel 20:2

  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.

• 2 Samuel 20:4

  Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”

• 2 Samuel 20:5

  So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.

• 2 Samuel 21:2

  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.)

• 2 Samuel 24:1

  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.”

• 2 Samuel 24:7

  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.

• 2 Samuel 24:9

  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.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 1:9

  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.

• 1 Kings 1:35

  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.”

• 1 Kings 2:32

  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.

• 1 Kings 4:20

  The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

• 1 Kings 4:25

  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.

• 1 Kings 12:17

  but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

• 1 Kings 12:20

  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.

• 1 Kings 12:21

  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.

• 1 Kings 12:23

  “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people

• 1 Kings 12:27

  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.”

• 1 Kings 12:32

  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.

• 1 Kings 13:1

  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.

• 1 Kings 13:12

  “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.

• 1 Kings 13:14

  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.

• 1 Kings 13:21

  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,

• 1 Kings 14:21

  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.

• 1 Kings 14:22

  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.

• 1 Kings 14:29

  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?

• 1 Kings 15:1

  In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,

• 1 Kings 15:7

  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.

• 1 Kings 15:9

  In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,

• 1 Kings 15:17

  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.

• 1 Kings 15:22

  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.

• 1 Kings 15:23

  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.

• 1 Kings 15:25

  In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.

• 1 Kings 15:28

  In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.

• 1 Kings 15:33

  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.

• 1 Kings 16:8

  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.

• 1 Kings 16:10

  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.

• 1 Kings 16:15

  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,

• 1 Kings 16:23

  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.

• 1 Kings 16:29

  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.

• 1 Kings 19:3

  And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

• 1 Kings 22:2

  However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,

• 1 Kings 22:10

  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.

• 1 Kings 22:29

  So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

• 1 Kings 22:41

  In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.

• 1 Kings 22:45

  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?

• 1 Kings 22:51

  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.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 1:17

  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.

• 2 Kings 3:1

  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.

• 2 Kings 3:7

  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 like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”

• 2 Kings 3:9

  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.

• 2 Kings 3:14

  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.

• 2 Kings 8:16

  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.

• 2 Kings 8:19

  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.

• 2 Kings 8:20

  In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

• 2 Kings 8:22

  So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

• 2 Kings 8:23

  As for the rest of the acts of Jehoram, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

• 2 Kings 8:25

  In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

• 2 Kings 8:29

  So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

• 2 Kings 9:16

  Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there and Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.

• 2 Kings 9:21

  “Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.

• 2 Kings 9:27

  When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.

• 2 Kings 9:29

  (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)

• 2 Kings 10:13

  Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”

• 2 Kings 12:18

  So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

• 2 Kings 12:19

  As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

• 2 Kings 13:1

  In the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah over Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria seventeen years.

• 2 Kings 13:10

  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.

• 2 Kings 13:12

  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?

• 2 Kings 14:1

  In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.

• 2 Kings 14:9

  But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.

• 2 Kings 14:10

  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?”

• 2 Kings 14:11

  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.

• 2 Kings 14:12

  And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.

• 2 Kings 14:13

  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.

• 2 Kings 14:15

  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?

• 2 Kings 14:17

  Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

• 2 Kings 14:18

  As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

• 2 Kings 14:21

  Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

• 2 Kings 14:22

  Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

• 2 Kings 14:23

  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.

• 2 Kings 14:28

  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?

• 2 Kings 15:1

  In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.

• 2 Kings 15:6

  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?

• 2 Kings 15:8

  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.

• 2 Kings 15:13

  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.

• 2 Kings 15:17

  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.

• 2 Kings 15:23

  In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.

• 2 Kings 15:27

  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.

• 2 Kings 15:32

  In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.

• 2 Kings 15:36

  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?

• 2 Kings 15:37

  (In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

• 2 Kings 16:1

  In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

• 2 Kings 16:19

  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?

• 2 Kings 17:1

  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.

• 2 Kings 17:13

  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.”

• 2 Kings 17:18

  So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,

• 2 Kings 17:19

  and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

• 2 Kings 18:1

  In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.

• 2 Kings 18:5

  Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.

• 2 Kings 18:13

  In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

• 2 Kings 18:14

  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.

• 2 Kings 18:16

  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.

• 2 Kings 18:22

  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’?

• 2 Kings 19:10

  “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.

• 2 Kings 19:30

  And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

• 2 Kings 20:20

  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?

• 2 Kings 21:11

  “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,

• 2 Kings 21:12

  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.

• 2 Kings 21:16

  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.

• 2 Kings 21:17

  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?

• 2 Kings 21:25

  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?

• 2 Kings 22:13

  “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.”

• 2 Kings 22:16

  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,

• 2 Kings 22:18

  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,

• 2 Kings 23:1

  Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

• 2 Kings 23:2

  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.

• 2 Kings 23:5

  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.

• 2 Kings 23:8

  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.

• 2 Kings 23:11

  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.

• 2 Kings 23:12

  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.

• 2 Kings 23:17

  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.”

• 2 Kings 23:22

  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.

• 2 Kings 23:24

  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.

Psalms

• Psalms 69:35

  For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 32:2

  At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.

• Jeremiah 38:22

  All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’

Events the dataset lists Judah (patriarch) as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

1. c. 1755 BC
   Birth of JudahGenesis 29:35
2. c. 1728 BC
   Joseph sold to EgyptGenesis 37:3–36 · at Egypt
3. c. 1721 BC
   Birth of PerezGenesis 38:29
4. c. 1708 BC
   7 years of famineGenesis 41:54–43:34
5. c. 1706 BC
   Joseph's brothers return to EgyptGenesis 43:1–45:28 · at Egypt

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.