Judah (patriarch)

All 17 verses in Judges, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

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.

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.