House Of Judah

Of the children Of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the House Of their fathers, according to the number Of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the House Of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.

Moreover the children Of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the House Of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.

• Tabernacle

And the children Of Israel arose, and went up to the House Of God, and asked counsel Of God, and said, Which Of us shall go up first to the battle against the children Of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

And let thy House be like the House Of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, Of the seed which the LORD shall give thee Of this young woman.

• David
• Anointing

And the men Of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the House Of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men Of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the House Of Judah have anointed me king over them.

Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the House Of Judah followed David.

And the time that David was king in Hebron over the House Of Judah was seven years and six months.

Then was Abner very wroth for the words Of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the House Of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand Of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

To translate the kingdom from the House Of Saul, and to set up the throne Of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

• Uriah
• Patriotism

And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants Of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine House, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

And I gave thee thy master's House, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the House Of Israel and Of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

• Government

And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders Of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his House? seeing the speech Of all Israel is come to the king, even to his House.

And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the House Of David, but the tribe Of Judah only.

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the House Of Judah, with the tribe Of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the House Of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son Of Solomon.

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,

• Offerings

If this people go up to do sacrifice in the House Of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart Of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king Of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king Of Judah.

But when Ahaziah the king Of Judah saw this, he fled by the way Of the garden House. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

• Diplomacy
• Jehoshaphat
• Liberality

And Jehoash king Of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings Of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures Of the House Of the LORD, and in the king's House, and sent it to Hazael king Of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

And the remnant that is escaped Of the House Of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

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.

• Idolatry

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 Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots Of the sun with fire.

• House

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.

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.

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.

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,

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:

• Music

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.

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.

And these are the numbers Of them according to the House Of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains Of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men Of valour three hundred thousand.

And Jehoshaphat the king Of Judah returned to his House in peace to Jerusalem.

And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters Of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son Of Ishmael, the ruler Of the House Of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.

And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation Of Judah and Jerusalem, in the House Of the LORD, before the new court,

• Rulers

But hast walked in the way Of the kings Of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants Of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms Of the House Of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren Of thy father's House, which were better than thyself:

And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's House, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest Of his sons.

And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the House Of Ahab, and found the princes Of Judah, and the sons Of the brethren Of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

• Women

But when Athaliah the mother Of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal Of the House Of Judah.

And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities Of Judah, and gather Of all Israel money to repair the House Of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

And they left the House Of the LORD God Of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

• Passover

And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the House Of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God Of Israel.

And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the House Of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered Of the hand Of Manasseh and Ephraim, and Of all the remnant Of Israel, and Of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

And the king went up into the House Of the LORD, and all the men Of Judah, and the inhabitants Of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words Of the book Of the covenant that was found in the House Of the LORD.

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king Of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the House wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels Of the House Of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

• Emancipation
• Cyrus
• Heathen

Thus saith Cyrus king Of Persia, All the kingdoms Of the earth hath the LORD God Of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an House in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you Of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

Thus saith Cyrus king Of Persia, The LORD God Of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms Of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an House at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Who is there among you Of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the House Of the LORD God Of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

• Priest

Then rose up the chief Of the fathers Of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the House Of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons Of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the House Of God: the sons Of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight Of the kings Of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the House Of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

Then all the men Of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day Of the month; and all the people sat in the street Of the House Of God, trembling because Of this matter, and for the great rain.

• Servants
• Servant

And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half Of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half Of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the House Of Judah.

For the vineyard Of the LORD Of hosts is the House Of Israel, and the men Of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's House, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king Of Assyria.

And he discovered the covering Of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour Of the House Of the forest.

And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants Of Jerusalem, and to the House Of Judah.

And the remnant that is escaped Of the House Of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

Hear ye this, O House Of Jacob, which are called by the name Of Israel, and are come forth out Of the waters Of Judah, which swear by the name Of the LORD, and make mention Of the God Of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

In those days the House Of Judah shall walk with the House Of Israel, and they shall come together out Of the land Of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

For the House Of Israel and the House Of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

Declare this in the House Of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

• Temple

Stand in the gate Of the LORD'S House, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word Of the LORD, all ye Of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.

For the children Of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the House which is called by my name, to pollute it.

• Character

Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children Of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the House Of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

They are turned back to the iniquities Of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the House Of Israel and the House Of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

• Idolatry

For the LORD Of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil Of the House Of Israel and Of the House Of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out Of their land, and pluck out the House Of Judah from among them.

For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins Of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole House Of Israel and the whole House Of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

And they shall come from the cities Of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land Of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices Of praise, unto the House Of the LORD.

And touching the House Of the king Of Judah, say, Hear ye the word Of the LORD;

Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the House Of the king Of Judah, and speak there this word,

For thus saith the LORD unto the king's House Of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head Of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

• Temple

Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court Of the LORD'S House, and speak unto all the cities Of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S House, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:

• Temple

When the princes Of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's House unto the House Of the LORD, and sat down in the entry Of the new gate Of the LORD'S House.

Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days Of Hezekiah king Of Judah, and spake to all the people Of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD Of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain Of the House as the high places Of a forest.

But if they be prophets, and if the word Of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD Of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the House Of the LORD, and in the House Of the king Of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

Yea, thus saith the LORD Of hosts, the God Of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the House Of the LORD, and in the House Of the king Of Judah and Of Jerusalem;

• Iron
• Prophets
• Temple

And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning Of the reign Of Zedekiah king Of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son Of Azur the prophet, which was Of Gibeon, spake unto me in the House Of the LORD, in the presence Of the priests and Of all the people, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD Of hosts, the God Of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke Of the king Of Babylon. Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels Of the LORD'S House, that Nebuchadnezzar king Of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son Of Jehoiakim king Of Judah, with all the captives Of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke Of the king Of Babylon. read more Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence Of the priests, and in the presence Of all the people that stood in the House Of the LORD, Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels Of the LORD'S House, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears Of all the people; The prophets that have been before me and before thee Of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, Of war, and Of evil, and Of pestilence. The prophet which prophesieth Of peace, when the word Of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him. Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. And Hananiah spake in the presence Of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke Of Nebuchadnezzar king Of Babylon from the neck Of all nations within the space Of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. Then the word Of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck Of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes Of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes Of iron. For thus saith the LORD Of hosts, the God Of Israel; I have put a yoke Of iron upon the neck Of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king Of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts Of the field also. Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face Of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. show less

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the House Of Israel and the House Of Judah with the seed Of man, and with the seed Of beast.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the House Of Israel, and with the House Of Judah:

• Persecution
• Prisoners

For then the king Of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court Of the prison, which was in the king Of Judah's House.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the House Of Israel and to the House Of Judah.

• Will

It may be that the House Of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words Of the LORD in the ears Of the people in the LORD'S House upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears Of all Judah that come out Of their cities.

And, behold, all the women that are left in the king Of Judah's House shall be brought forth to the king Of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry Of Pharaoh's House in Tahpanhes, in the sight Of the men Of Judah;

• Symbolical
• Forty

And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity Of the House Of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

• Government

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day Of the month, as I sat in mine House, and the elders Of Judah sat before me, that the hand Of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son Of man? Is it a light thing to the House Of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

Then said he unto me, The iniquity Of the House Of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full Of blood, and the city full Of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

• Ammonites
• Scoffing

And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word Of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land Of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the House Of Judah, when they went into captivity;

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the House Of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

• Revenge

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the House Of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

Moreover, thou son Of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children Of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick Of Ephraim, and for all the House Of Israel his companions:

• Temple

And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king Of Judah into his hand, with part Of the vessels Of the House Of God: which he carried into the land Of Shinar to the House Of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure House Of his god.

But I will have mercy upon the House Of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the House Of Judah as rottenness.

• Lion

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the House Of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

• ISRAELITES
• Decision

Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the House Of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

• Fountain

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers Of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth Of the House Of the LORD, and shall water the valley Of Shittim.

For the transgression Of Jacob is all this, and for the sins Of the House Of Israel. What is the transgression Of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places Of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

And the coast shall be for the remnant Of the House Of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses Of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

And the LORD stirred up the spirit Of Zerubbabel the son Of Shealtiel, governor Of Judah, and the spirit Of Joshua the son Of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit Of all the remnant Of the people; and they came and did work in the House Of the LORD Of hosts, their God,

And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O House Of Judah, and House Of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the House Of Judah: fear ye not.

Thus saith the LORD Of hosts; The fast Of the fourth month, and the fast Of the fifth, and the fast Of the seventh, and the fast Of the tenth, shall be to the House Of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD Of hosts hath visited his flock the House Of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

And I will strengthen the House Of Judah, and I will save the House Of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the House Of Judah, and will smite every horse Of the people with blindness.

The LORD also shall save the tents Of Judah first, that the glory Of the House Of David and the glory Of the inhabitants Of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.

Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD Of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take Of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the House Of the LORD Of hosts.

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the House Of Israel and with the House Of Judah: