Judah

Judah Birth Order

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Meaning of Name

Strong’s 3063 Ye hûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw’; from 3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Isr.; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory:—Judah.

Mother

Leah (weary)

Birth

Genesis 29:35: 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, “Now will I praise the LORD :” therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

Hebrew Letter (from Paleo Hebrew page on the Internet)

The Hebrew letter associated with the tribe of Judah is daleth ($). It is the English “D” and signifies a doorway. Numerically it is the number 4, which is creative works, earth (looks like a tent opening).

Gemstone

Carbuncle. Almandite Garnet. Capt says a double silicate, usually of aluminum with other elements. They range in color from colorless to yellow, red to brown, violet and green. Their luster is vitreous (glassy) and they take a high polish.

Encampment Position

On the east, between Issachar and Zebulun; his standard reflects one (the lion) of the four faces of the cherubim (see Ezekiel 1:10).

Standard

A lion; secondary emblems are three lions, a sceptre, grapes, harp of David, red lion of Zarah-Judah, hand and scarlet thread of Zarah-Judah

Zodiac Sign

Leo

Position in Zodiac Story

Leo is the final sign and closes the zodiac story. It is the fourth sign in the third book, The Redeemer. Leo reflects the Lion of the tribe of Judah aroused for the rending of the enemy.

Jacob’s Blessing for the Last Days

Genesis 49:8–12: 8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

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Judah’s Blessing Genesis 49:8–12: 8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothers in the blood of grapes: 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

From E. Raymond Capt’s Missing Links Discovered in the Assyrian Tablets: Judah’s primary emblem, the LION, is usually shown in a couchant (dormant) position. We note that the Lion, in a variety of positions, is an emblem common to nearly all sections of Celto-Saxon people. It appears in their Royal and National Arms, in their Provincial and Municipal Arms and in the Arms of hundreds of their old families. The LION is a national emblem found in the Arms of the Netherlands, Belgium, Northern Ireland, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as in the emblem of many of their provinces and cities. Judah’s secondary emblem features THREE LIONS, either couchant or rampant. This emblem is common to many sections of the Celto-Saxon people. It is the national emblem of both England and Denmark. In Britain it appears in the Royal Standard and on the shiled of the Royal Arms. It is also the chief emblem in the Arms of Appleby, Chester, Dorset, Great Yarmouth, Hereford, Sandwich, Hastings, Jersey, and Guernsey. In Ireland, it appears in the Arms of Drogheda. In Denmark, it is part of both the Royal and the National Arms.

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Emblems of Judah

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judah’s Zodiac Sign Leo (The Lion) Fourth sign in the third book, The Redeemer. Last sign in the zodiac story. Messiah’s consummated triumph.

Leo (The Lion) Hebrew Name Hebrew name Arieh, the Lion. There are six Hebrew words translated lion. Arieh refers to an adult lion, having paired, in search of his prey. (See Nahum 2:12, II Samuel 17:10, Numbers 23:24).

Leo—95 Stars (two of the first magnitude, two of the second, six of the third, and thireeen of the fourth) á

Leo’s brightest star is of the first magnitude, is on the Ecliptic, and marks the heart of the Lion. Its ancient name is Regulus, or treading under foot. It is sometimes called Cor Leonis, or the heart of the Lion. Its ancient name is Regulus, or treading under foot.

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Located in the tip of the tail, this star is also of the first magnitude. Its name is Denebola, the Judge or LORD who cometh.

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Located in the man, this star is called in Arabic Al Giebha, the exaltation.

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Located on the hinder part of the back, the star is called Zosma, shining forth. Hebrew Sarcam, the joining Arabic Minchir al Asad, the punishing or tearing of the Lion. Deneb Aleced, the judge cometh who seizes. Arabic Al Dafera, the enemy put down

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Place in the Heavenly Story Leo completes the circle that began with Virgo. The riddle of the sphinx: Virgo is the head, and Leo is the tail. Leo marks the end of the Revelation as inspired in the Word. Leo is the Lion of the tribe of Judah aroused for the rending of the prey. His feet are over the head of Hydra, the great serpent, and just about to descend upon it and crush it. The bird of prey is perched on the serpent, and below is a plumed female figure holding out two cups, answering to Crater, the cup of wrath. Christ is called the “Lion of the Tribe of Judah.” Revelation 5:5: And one of the elders saith unto me, “Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.”

Hydra (The Serpent) The Old Serpent Destroyed The time has come for fulfillment of many prophecies pictured in the heavens: and in its three final constellations we see the consummation of them all in the complete destruction of the Old Serpent, and all his seed, and all his works. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah will trample it under foot. Hydra is pictured as the female serpent, the mother and author of all evil. It means he is abhorred. It is an immense constellation extending for above 100 degrees from east to west, beneath the Virgin, the Lion, and the Crab. It stretches 1/3 of the way around the whole sphere of the heavens.

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Hydra—60 Stars (one of the second magnitude, three of the third magnitude, twelve of the fourth magnitude) á

the brightest star, located in the heart of the serpent, sometimes called Cor Hydræ. Its ancient name is Al Phard (Arabic), which means the separated, put away. Al Drian, the abhorred Minchar al Sugia, the piercing of the deceiver Desma, the bound

Crater (The Cup) The cup of divine wrath poured out upon him This is the cup of divine wrath. It is wide and deep, fastened on by the stars to the body of the writhing serpent. The stars in the foot of the cup are part of the body of Hydra, and belong to both constellations. There are 13 (the number of apostasy) stars in the constellation.

Crater—13 Stars (one of the third magnitude, four of the fourth magnitude) á

brightest star, located at the bottom of the cup, Al Ches, the Cup

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located at the bottom of the cup

The cup depicted in this constellation appears in many places in scripture. For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture, And He poureth out of the same: But the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink them. —Psalm 75:8 Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, Fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. —Psalm 11:6 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If any man woship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink 6

of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.” —Revelation 14:9–10

Corvus (The Raven) The birds of prey devouring the serpent

Corvus is the final judgment scene—the breaking up of the enemy. There are 9 (the number of judgment) stars in Corvus.

Corvus—9 Stars á

brightest star, located in the eye, Arabic Al Chibar, joining together; from Hebrew Chiba (Numbers 23:8), accursed. Star tells of the curse inflicted.

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located in the right wing, Arabic Al Goreb and Hebrew Oreb, the Raven. Arabic Minchar al Gorab, the Raven tearing to pieces.

Proverbs 30:17: 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out. The information in this section was taken from E. W. Bullinger’s The Witness of the Stars (Kregel Publications, reprint of 1893 ed.) and E. Raymond Capt’s The Glory of the Stars (Artisan Sales, 1982). See these works for more information on the zodiac.

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Judah Encamped and Numbered Nahshon the Head of the House of His Fathers Numbers 1:1–4; 7:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; 3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. 7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Numbering in the Wilderness of Sinai—74,600 Able to Go Forth to War Numbers 1:26–27: 26 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; 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

Encampment on the East Numbers 2:3–4; 9: 3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah* were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. *The camp of Judah included all the tribes encamped on the east (Issachar, Judah, Zebulun).

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Judah’s Order in the Wilderness Journeyings of Israel Numbers 10:12–28: 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. 18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. 22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

Caleb Chosen of Judah to Spy Out the Land of Canaan Numbers 13:1–3; 6: 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 “Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.” 3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. 6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. *See Numbers 13 and 14, and Judges 1, for more on Caleb.

Numbering in the Plains of Moab—76,500 Numbers 26:3–4; 19–22: 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4 “Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.” 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of 9

the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

Saul Numbers Israel and Judah (30,000) in Bezek I Samuel 11:8: 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

Saul Numbers Israel and Judah (10,000) in Telaim I Samuel 15:4 4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

Joab Numbers Valiant Men of Israel and Judah (500,000) for David II Samuel 24:1–9: 1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, “Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.” 3 And Joab said unto the king, “Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my LORD the king may see it: but why doth my LORD the king delight in this thing?” 4 Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

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Judah at War Judah and Simeon War Against Canaanites Judges 1:1–20: 1 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?” 2 And the LORD said, “Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.” 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot.” So Simeon went with him. 4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, “Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. 8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: 12 And Caleb said, “He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.” 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, “What wilt thou?” 15 And she said unto him, “Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. 16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. (And the name of the city was called Hormah.) 18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. 19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

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Ammonites War Against Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim Judges 10:9: 9 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.

Judah in the Battle Against Sisera (The Song of Deborah and Barak) Simeon, Levi, Gad, and Judah are not mentioned in this battle.

Philistines Come Into Judah in Search of Samson Judges 15:9–16: 9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. 10 And the men of Judah said, “Why are ye come up against us?” And they answered, “To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.” 11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, “Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us?” what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, “As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.” 12 And they said unto him, “We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines.” And Samson said unto them, “Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.” 13 And they spake unto him, saying, “No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee.” And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. 14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. 15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass, Heaps upon heaps, With the jaw of an ass Have I slain a thousand men.” 17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.

Danites Camp in Judah Judges 18:11–12: 11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. 12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.

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Judah the First to Go Up Against Benjamin Judges 20:18: 18 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.”

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Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles The references to Judah in these books are so numerous that it would be an undertaking in itself to include the full text of them all.

The Land and People of Judah I Samuel 17:1 I Samuel 17:52 I Samuel 22:5 I Samuel 23:3 I Samuel 23:23 I Samuel 27:6 I Samuel 30:14 I Samuel 30:16 I Samuel 30:26 II Samuel 2:1 II Samuel 3:8 II Samuel 6:2 II Samuel 11:11 II Samuel 12:8 II Samuel 19:11 II Samuel 19:14–16 II Samuel 19:40–43 II Samuel 20:2 II Samuel 20:4–5 II Samuel 21:12 II Samuel 24:1 II Samuel 24:7 I Kings 1:9 I Kings 2:32 I Kings 4:20 I Kings 4:25 I Kings 12:20–21 I Kings 12:23 I Kings 12:32 I Kings 13:1 I Kings 13:12 I Kings 13:21

I Kings 14:22 I Kings 15:17 I Kings 15:22 I Kings 15:25 I Kings 15:33 I Kings 16:8 I Kings 16:10 I Kings 16:15 I Kings 16:23 I Kings 16:29 I Kings 22:2 I Kings 22:10 I Kings 22:29 I Kings 22:51 II Kings 1:17 II Kings 3:1 II Kings 3:7 II Kings 3:9 II Kings 3:14 II Kings 8:19–20 II Kings 8:22–23 II Kings 8:29 II Kings 9:16 II Kings 9:21 II Kings 9:27 II Kings 10:13 II Kings 12:18 II Kings 13:1 II Kings 13:10 II Kings 13:12 II Kings 14:9–18 II Kings 14:23 II Kings 14:28 II Kings 15:8 II Kings 15:13 14

II Kings 15:17 II Kings 15:23 II Kings 15:27 II Kings 15:37 II Kings 17:1 II Kings 17:13 II Kings 17:18–19 II Kings 18:13–14 II Kings 18:16 II Kings 18:22 II Kings 19:10 II Kings 19:30 II Kings 21:11 II Kings 21:12 II Kings 21:16 II Kings 22:13 II Kings 22:16 II Kings 22:18 II Kings 23:1–2 II Kings 23:5 II Kings 23:8 II Kings 23:11–12 II Kings 23:17 II Kings 23:22 II Kings 23:24 II Kings 23:26–27 II Kings 24:2–3 II Kings 24:12 II Kings 24:20 II Kings 25:21–22 II Kings 25:27 I Chronicles 4:41 I Chronicles 5:17 I Chronicles 6:15 I Chronicles 6:55

I Chronicles 6:57 I Chronicles 6:65 I Chronicles 9:1 I Chronicles 9:3–4 I Chronicles 12:16 I Chronicles 12:24 I Chronicles 13:6 I Chronicles 21:5 I Chronicles 27:18 I Chronicles 28:4 II Chronicles 2:7 II Chronicles 9:11 II Chronicles 10:17 II Chronicles 11:1 II Chronicles 11:3 II Chronicles 11:5 II Chronicles 11:10 II Chronicles 11:12 II Chronicles 11:14 II Chronicles 11:17 II Chronicles 11:23 II Chronicles 12:4–5 II Chronicles 12:12 II Chronicles 13:13–16 II Chronicles 13:18 II Chronicles 14:4–8 II Chronicles 14:12 II Chronicles 15:2 II Chronicles 15:8–9 II Chronicles 15:15 II Chronicles 16:1 II Chronicles 16:6–7 II Chronicles 17:2 II Chronicles 17:5–7 II Chronicles 17:9–10 II Chronicles 17:12–14 II Chronicles 17:19 II Chronicles 18:3 II Chronicles 18:9 II Chronicles 18:28 II Chronicles 19:1 II Chronicles 19:5

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Chronicles 19:11 Chronicles 20:3–5 Chronicles 20:13 Chronicles 20:15 Chronicles 20:17–18 Chronicles 20:20 Chronicles 20:22 Chronicles 20:24 Chronicles 20:27 Chronicles 20:35 Chronicles 21:3 Chronicles 21:8 Chronicles 21:10–13 Chronicles 21:17 Chronicles 22:6 Chronicles 22:8 Chronicles 22:10 Chronicles 23:2 Chronicles 23:8 Chronicles 24:5–6 Chronicles 24:9 Chronicles 24:17–18 Chronicles 24:23 Chronicles 25:5 Chronicles 25:10 Chronicles 25:12–13 Chronicles 25:17–19 Chronicles 25:21–23 Chronicles 27:4 Chronicles 28:6 Chronicles 28:9–10 Chronicles 28:17–19 Chronicles 29:8 Chronicles 29:21 Chronicles 30:1 Chronicles 30:6 Chronicles 30:12 Chronicles 30:24–25 Chronicles 31:1 Chronicles 31:6 Chronicles 31:20 Chronicles 32:1

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Chronicles 32:8–9 Chronicles 32:12 Chronicles 32:23 Chronicles 32:25 Chronicles 33:9 Chronicles 33:14 Chronicles 33:16 Chronicles 34:3 Chronicles 34:5 Chronicles 34:9 Chronicles 34:11 Chronicles 34:21 Chronicles 34:24 Chronicles 34:26 Chronicles 34:29–30 Chronicles 35:18 Chronicles 35:21 Chronicles 35:24 Chronicles 36:4 Chronicles 36:10 Chronicles 36:23

Kings of Judah I Samuel 18:16 II Samuel 2:4 II Samuel 2:7 II Samuel 2:10 II Samuel 2:11 II Samuel 3:10 II Samuel 5:5 I Kings 1:35 I Kings 12:17 I Kings 12:27 I Kings 14:21 I Kings 14:29 I Kings 15:1 I Kings 15:7 I Kings 15:9 I Kings 15:23 I Kings 15:28 I Kings 22:41

I Kings 22:45 II Kings 8:16 II Kings 8:25 II Kings 9:29 II Kings 12:19 II Kings 14:1 II Kings 14:21–22 II Kings 15:1 II Kings 15:6 II Kings 15:27 II Kings 15:32 II Kings 15:36 II Kings 15:37 II Kings 16:1 II Kings 16:19 II Kings 18:1 II Kings 18:5 II Kings 20:20 II Kings 21:17 II Kings 21:25 II Kings 23:28 II Kings 24:5 II Chronicles 13:1 II Chronicles 16:11 II Chronicles 20:31 II Chronicles 22:1 II Chronicles 25:25–28 II Chronicles 26:1–2 II Chronicles 27:7 II Chronicles 28:25–26 II Chronicles 32:32–33 II Chronicles 35:27 II Chronicles 36:8

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Judah in the Psalms and Proverbs Psalm 48:11: 11 Let mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, Because of Thy judgments. Psalm 60:7: 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; Psalm 63:1: 1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my GOD ; early will I seek Thee: my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; Psalm 68:27: 27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. Psalm 69:35: 35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: That they may dwell there, and have it in possession. Psalm 76:1: 1 A Psalm or Song of Asaph. In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel. Psalm 78:68: 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved. Psalm 97:8: 8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced Because of thy judgments, O LORD . Psalm 108:8: 8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; Psalm 114:2: 2 Judah was His sanctuary, And Israel His dominion. Proverbs 25:1: 1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

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Judah in the Prophets The references to Judah in these books are so numerous that it would be an undertaking in itself to include the full text of them all. Isaiah 1:1 Isaiah 2:1 Isaiah 3:1 Isaiah 3:8 Isaiah 5:3 Isaiah 5:7 Isaiah 7:1 Isaiah 7:6 Isaiah 7:17 Isaiah 8:8 Isaiah 9:21 Isaiah 11:12–13 Isaiah 19:17 Isaiah 22:8 Isaiah 22:21 Isaiah 26:1 Isaiah 36:1 Isaiah 36:7 Isaiah 37:10 Isaiah 37:31 Isaiah 38:9 Isaiah 40:9 Isaiah 44:26 Isaiah 48:1 Isaiah 65:9 Jeremiah 1:2–3 Jeremiah 1:15 Jeremiah 1:18 Jeremiah 2:28 Jeremiah 3:7–8 Jeremiah 3:10-11 Jeremiah 3:18 Jeremiah 4:3–5 Jeremiah 4:16 Jeremiah 5:11 Jeremiah 5:20 Jeremiah 7:2

Jeremiah 7:17 Jeremiah 7:30 Jeremiah 7:34 Jeremiah 8:1 Jeremiah 9:11 Jeremiah 9:26 Jeremiah 10:22 Jeremiah 11:2 Jeremiah 11:6 Jeremiah 11:9–10 Jeremiah 11:12–13 Jeremiah 11:17 Jeremiah 12:14 Jeremiah 13:9 Jeremiah 13:11 Jeremiah 13:19 Jeremiah 14:2 Jeremiah 14:19 Jeremiah 15:4 Jeremiah 17:1 Jeremiah 17:19–20 Jeremiah 17:25–26 Jeremiah 18:11 Jeremiah 19:3–4 Jeremiah 19:7 Jeremiah 19:13 Jeremiah 20:4–5 Jeremiah 21:7 Jeremiah 21:11 Jeremiah 22:1–2 Jeremiah 22:6 Jeremiah 22:11 Jeremiah 22:18 Jeremiah 22:24 Jeremiah 22:30 Jeremiah 23:6 Jeremiah 24:1 18

Jeremiah 24:5 Jeremiah 24:8 Jeremiah 25:1–3 Jeremiah 25:18 Jeremiah 26:1–2 Jeremiah 26:10 Jeremiah 26:18–19 Jeremiah 27:1 Jeremiah 27:3 Jeremiah 27:12 Jeremiah 27:18 Jeremiah 27:20–21 Jeremiah 28:1 Jeremiah 28:4 Jeremiah 29:2–3 Jeremiah 29:22 Jeremiah 30:3–4 Jeremiah 31:23–24 Jeremiah 31:27 Jeremiah 31:31 Jeremiah 32:3–4 Jeremiah 32:30 Jeremiah 32:32 Jeremiah 32:35 Jeremiah 32:44 Jeremiah 33:4 Jeremiah 33:7 Jeremiah 33:10 Jeremiah 33:13–14 Jeremiah 33:26 Jeremiah 34:2 Jeremiah 34:4 Jeremiah 34:6–7 Jeremiah 34:19 Jeremiah 34:21–22 Jeremiah 35:1 Jeremiah 35:13

Jeremiah 35:17 Jeremiah 36:1–3 Jeremiah 36:6 Jeremiah 36:9 Jeremiah 36:28–32 Jeremiah 37:1 Jeremiah 37:7 Jeremiah 39:1 Jeremiah 39:4 Jeremiah 39:6 Jeremiah 39:10 Jeremiah 40:1 Jeremiah 40:5 Jeremiah 40:11–12 Jeremiah 40:15 Jeremiah 42:15 Jeremiah 42:19 Jeremiah 43:4–5 Jeremiah 43:9 Jeremiah 44:2 Jeremiah 44:6–7 Jeremiah 44:9 Jeremiah 44:11–12 Jeremiah 44:14 Jeremiah 44:17 Jeremiah 44:21 Jeremiah 44:24 Jeremiah 44:26–28 Jeremiah 44:30 Jeremiah 45:1 Jeremiah 46:2 Jeremiah 49:34 Jeremiah 50:4 Jeremiah 50:20 Jeremiah 50:33 Jeremiah 51:5 Jeremiah 51:59 Jeremiah 52:3 Jeremiah 52:10 Jeremiah 52:27 Jeremiah 52:31 Ezekiel 4:6

Ezekiel 8:1 Ezekiel 8:17 Ezekiel 9:9 Ezekiel 21:20 Ezekiel 25:3 Ezekiel 25:8 Ezekiel 25:12 Ezekiel 27:17 Ezekiel 37:16 Ezekiel 37:19 Daniel 1:1–2 Daniel 1:6 Daniel 2:25 Daniel 5:13 Daniel 6:13 Daniel 9:7 Hosea 1:1 Hosea 1:7 Hosea 1:11 Hosea 4:15 Hosea 5:5 Hosea 5:10 Hosea 5:12–14 Hosea 6:4 Hosea 6:11 Hosea 8:14 Hosea 10:11 Hosea 11:12 Hosea 12:2 Joel 3:1 Joel 3:6 Joel 3:8 Joel 3:19–20 Amos 1:1 Amos 2:4–5 Amos 7:12 Obadiah 12 Micah 1:1 Micah 1:5 Micah 1:9 Micah 5:2 Nahum 1:15

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Zephaniah 1:1 Zephaniah 1:4 Zephaniah 2:7 Haggai 1:1 Haggai 1:14 Haggai 2:2 Haggai 2:21 Zechariah 1:12 Zechariah 1:19 Zechariah 1:21 Zechariah 2:12 Zechariah 8:13 Zechariah 8:19 Zechariah 9:7 Zechariah 9:13 Zechariah 10:3 Zechariah 10:6 Zechariah 11:14 Zechariah 12:2 Zechariah 12:4–7 Zechariah 14:5 Zechariah 14:14 Zechariah 14:21 Malachi 2:11 Malachi 3:4

Judah’s Inheritances A Special Inheritance for Caleb Joshua 14:6–15: 6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, “Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. 7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, ‘Surely the Land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. 10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as He said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. 15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

Judah’s Inheritance in the Promised Land Joshua 15:1–63: 1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: 3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: 4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. 5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: 6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 20

7 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel: 8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward: 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim: 10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: 11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families. 13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. 14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher. 16 And Caleb said, “He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.” 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, “What wouldest thou?” 19 Who answered, “Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 27 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, 28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, 29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: 33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, 34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, 41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with 21

their villages: 45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: 47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir, 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, 54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, 56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages: 60 Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: 61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, 62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. 63 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.

Judah’s Inheritance Early Joshua 18:1–10: 1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. 2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, “How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. 5 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. 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. 7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.” 8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, “Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.” 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. 10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD : and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

Simeon Receives Inheritances in Judah Joshua 19:9: 9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the 22

children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

Hebron a City of Refuge Joshua 20:1–9: 1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.’” 7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

Levite Cities Assigned to Kohathites in the Territory of Simeon and Judah Joshua 21:4-5; 9-16: 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, 14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, 15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, 16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 23

Moses’ Blessing to Judah Deuteronomy 33:7: 7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, “Hear, LORD , the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.”

Sealing of the End Times Revelation 7:5: 5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

Judah’s Inheritance at the End of the Millennium Ezekiel 48:7–8; 22; 31: 7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah. 8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. 22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. 31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.

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Judahite Stories “What Profit Is it if We Slay Our Brother . . .?” Genesis 37:13–36: 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, “Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them.” And he said to him, “Here am I.” 14 And he said to him, “Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, “What seekest thou?” 16 And he said, “I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.” 17 And the man said, “They are departed hence; for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another, “Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, ‘Some evil beast hath devoured him:’ and we shall see what will become of his dreams.” 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, “Let us not kill him.” 22 And Reuben said unto them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. 23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, “What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh.” And his brethren were content. 28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. 29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, “The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?” 31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, “This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.” 33 And he knew it, and said, “It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.” 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, “For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.” Thus his father wept for him. 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard. 25

Pharez and Zarah Genesis 38:1–30: 1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. 7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD ; and the LORD slew him. 8 And Judah said unto Onan, “Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.” 9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD : wherefore He slew him also. 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, “Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown:” for he said, “Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did.” And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house. 12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, “Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.” 14 And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, “Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee;” (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, “What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?” 17 And he said, “I will send thee a kid from the flock.” And she said, “Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?” 18 And he said, “What pledge shall I give thee?” And she said, “Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side?” And they said, “There was no harlot in this place.” 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, “I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.” 23 And Judah said, “Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.” 24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, “Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom.” And Judah said, “Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.” 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, “By the man, whose these are, am I with child:” and she said, “Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.” 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She hath 26

been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son.” And he knew her again no more. 27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, “This came out first.” 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, “How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee:” therefore his name was called Pharez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

Judah Convinces Jacob to Let Benjamin Go to Egypt Genesis 43:3–10: 1 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, “Go again, buy us a little food.” 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, “The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, ‘Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.’ 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, ‘Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.’” 6 And Israel said, “Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?” 7 And they said, “The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother?’ and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down?’” 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, “Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.”

The Silver Cup in Benjamin’s Sack Genesis 44:1–34: 1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money.” And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, “Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, ‘Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.’” 6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him, “Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: 8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold? 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, 27

and we also will be my lord’s bondmen. 10 And he said, “Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.” 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. 13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them, “What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?” 16 And Judah said, “What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.” 17 And he said, “God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.” 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, “Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have ye a father, or a brother?’ 20 And we said unto my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.’ 21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, ‘Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord, ‘The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’ 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, ‘Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.’ 24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my LORD . 25 And our father said, ‘Go again, and buy us a little food.’ 26 And we said, ‘We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.’ 27 And thy servant my father said unto us, ‘Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: 28 And the one went out from me, and I said, ‘Surely he is torn in pieces;’ and I saw him not since: 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life; 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.’ 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, ‘If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.’ 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.”

Judah Goes Before the Rest to Joseph Genesis 46:27–28: 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. 28 And 28

he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. Exodus 17:10–15: 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur* went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi: 16 For he said, “Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.” *Moses, Aaron, and Hur (who was of Judah) represent the prophet, priest, and king

Bezaleel Chosen to Help Build Tabernacle Exodus 31:1–11: 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 “See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; 7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, 10 And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.” Exodus 38:22–23: 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

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Nahshon’s Offering for Judah at the Setting Up of the Tabernacle Numbers 7:10–17: 10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, “They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.” 12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: 13 And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: 15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Judah to Bless the People Deuteronomy 27:11–26: 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 “These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 ‘Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD , the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’ 16 ‘Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 18 ‘Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 19 ‘Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 21 ‘Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 22 ‘Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 23 ‘Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 24 ‘Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 25 ‘Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 26 ‘Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Achan Partakes of the Accursed Thing Joshua 7:1–21: 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of 30

the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, “Go up and view the country.” And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, “Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.” 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, “Alas, O LORD GOD , wherefore hast Thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 8 O LORD , what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt Thou do unto Thy great name?” 10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, “Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, ‘There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD , and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.’” 16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, “My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.” 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, “Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the 31

midst of my tent, and the silver under it.” 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD . 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, “Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day.” And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

Ruth, Lamentations, Ezra, and Nehemiah Judah is central to all of these books.

David Asks That the Children of Judah Learn the Song of the Bow II Samuel 1:17–18: 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of* the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) *This should read the “Song of the bow.” The bow was the subject of David’s lamentation, and the tribe of Benjamin (from which Saul and Jonathan came) was noted for its skill with the bow.

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Judah’s Genealogies Judah Listed as One of Jacob’s Twelve Sons Genesis 35:22–26: 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

Judahites Who Entered Egypt Genesis 46:12: 12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. Exodus 1:1–5: 1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins ofJacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

Generations of Pharez Ruth 4:9–22: 9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, “Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi. 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.” 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: 12 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.” 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD , Which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.” 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed:” he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 Now these are the 33

generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

Chronicles Genealogies—Judah’s is Given First I Chronicles 2:1–54: 1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 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 Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD ; and He slew him. 4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. 8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, 13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite. 18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. 21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. 25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. 33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him 34

Attai. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. 42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 46 And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. 47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa. 50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim, 51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites. 53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 54 The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

Kenites Who Dwelt With Judah I Chronicles 2:55: 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

The Sons of David I Chronicles 3:1–24: 1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: 3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. 5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. 10 And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, 35

the fourth Shallum. 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, 18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. 21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. 24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. I Chronicles 4:1–8; 10–23: 1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem. 5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah. 13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. 17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. 19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 21 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, 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashub-ilehem. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

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Jabez I Chronicles 4:9–10: 9 And Jabez* was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bare him with sorrow.” 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!” And God granted him that which he requested. *Jabez was where the Kenites dwelt (I Chronicles 2:55)

Genealogy of Christ Through Mary Luke 3:21–38: 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. 23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, 24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, 25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, 26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, 27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, 31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, 32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, 33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, 34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, 35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, 36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, 38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. 37

Joseph’s Genealogy Matthew 1:1–17: 1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; 3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; 6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; 7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; 9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; 10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; 11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: 12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; 13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; 14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; 15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, Who is called Christ. 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.

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Judah in the New Testament Matthew 2:6: 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, That shall rule My people Israel. [Quoted from Micah 5:2] Luke 1:39: 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. Hebrews 7:11–16: 11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For He of Whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evident that our LORD sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another Priest, 16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. Revelation 5:5: 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, “Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.”

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The Royal Line of Judah For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s.—I Chronicles 5:1

Salma (Salmon) (clothing/ investiture) Boaz (no definition given) Obed (serving) Jesse (extant) David (throne established) (loving) Solomon (peaceful) Rehoboam (people has enlarged) Abijah (father [i.e. worshipper] of Yah) Asa (no definition given) Jehoshaphat (Yahveh-judged) Jehoram (Yahveh-raised) Ahaziah (Yah has seized) Joash (Yahveh-fired) Amaziah (strength of Yah) Azariah (Uzziah) (Yah has helped) Jotham (Yahveh is perfect) Ahaz (possessor) Hezekiah (strengthened of Yah) Manasseh (causing to forget) Amon (skilled) Josiah (founded of Yah) Zedekiah (right of Yah) Scota (the Tender Twig)

Adam (ruddy) Seth (substituted) Enos (mortal) Cainan (fixed) Mahalaleel (praise of God) Jared (a descent) Enoch (inititated) Methuselah (man of a dart) Lamech (no definition given) Noah (rest) Shem (name) Arphaxad (no definition given) Salah (spear, missile, branch, shoot) Eber (a region across, opposite side, east) Peleg (earthquake) Reu (friend) Serug (tendril) Nahor (snorer) Terah (no definition given) Abraham (father of a multitude) Isaac (laughter, i.e. mockery) Jacob (heel catcher/supplanter) Judah (praise, celebrated) Pharez (break/breach) Hezron (Ezron) (court-yard) Aram on Ram (highland) Amminadab (people of liberality) Nahshon (enchanter)

OVERTURNING Eochaidh (Eremhon-Heremon) — Tamar Tephi (King and Queen of Ireland) Irial Faidh Eithriall Prince Follain Tighernmas Prince Eanbotha Prince Smiorguil Fiachadh Labhruine (Labhriane) 40

Aongus Oilbhuagach Prince Maoin Rotheachta Prince Dein Iorna Saoghalach Prince Oliolla

Cairbre Liffeachaire Fiachadh Streabhthuine Muirreadhach Tireach Eochaidh Moihmeodhain Niall (of the Nine Hostages) Prince Eogan Prince Muireadhach Mortough

Olchaoin OVERTURNING Giallchadh Nuadha Fionn Fail Simon Breac Muriadhach Bolgrach Fiachadh Tolgrach Duach Laighrach Prince Eochaidh Buillaig Ugaine More (the Great) Cobhthach Caolbreag Prince Meilage Jaran Gleofathach Oiliolla Caisfhiachlach Eochaid Foltleathan Angus Tuirimheach (the Prolific) Eanda Aighnach Prince Labhra Luire Prince Blathacta Eamhna Prince Easamhuin Eamhna Prince Roighneaim Ruadh Prince Finlogha Prince Finn Eochaidh Fiedhlioch Prince Bias Fineamhuas Lughaidh Riebdearg (Raidhdearg) Criomhthan (Crimthann) Niadhnar Fioraidhach Fionfachtnach Fiachadh Fionohudh Tuathal Teachtman Fiedhlimhidh Reachtmar Conn Ceadchadhach Art Aonfhir (the Melancholy) Cormac Ulfhada

Fergus More—King of Argyll (Scotland) Fiachra Fergus I Manius Dornadil Reuthar Edars (Edersced) (Birth of Christ) Conaire the Great Corbred I Corbred II Modha Lamha Corbred Dalriada Eochaidh Findachar Thrinklind Fincornack Romaich Angus Eochaidh Erc Fergus the Great Dongard Conran (Guvran) Aidan (Aydan) Eugene IV Donald IV Prince Dobgard (Donregarth) Eugene IV Prince Findan 41

Eugene V Ethafind Achaias (Ethas) Alpin Kenneth I—King of Scotland Constantin Donald II Malcolm I Kenneth II Malcolm II Princess Beatrix Duncan I Malcolm III (Caenmore) David I Prince Henry David, Earl of Huntingdon Isobel Huntingdon Lord Robert Bruce Robert the Bruce I Princess Marjory Bruce Robert II Robert III James I James II James III James IV James V Mary, Queen of Scots—Scotland

George V George VI Elizabeth II

OVERTURNING James VI and I—King of Great Britain Princess Elizabeth Stewart Princess Sophia George I George II Prince Frederick of Wales George III Edward, Duke of Kent Queen Victoria Edward VII 42

The Zarah Branch Zarah (a rising of light) Ethan (permanent) Mahol (dancing) Calcol (sustenance) Gadhol Easru Sru Heber Scot Boamhain Ayhaimhain Tait Aghenoin Feabla Glas Neanuail Nuaghadh Alloid Earchada Degffatha Bratha Broegan Bille Gathelus (Gallam)

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Names and Places Associated With Judah Judahites *indicates that the name is derived or guessed at from going back to other definitions when one is not given.

Abed-nego (5664) of for. or. Abia/Abiah (29) father (i.e. worshipper) of Yah Abigail (26) father (i.e. source) of joy Abihail (32) father (i.e. possessor) of might Abijam (38) father of (the) sea (i.e. seaman) Abinadab (41) father of generosity (i.e. liberal) Abishai (52) father of a gift (i.e. prob. generous) Abishur (51) father of (the) wall (i.e. perh. mason) Abital (37) father of dew (i.e. fresh) Abiud (10 Greek, 31 Hebrew) father (i.e. possessor) of renown Absalom (53) father of peace (i.e. friendly) Achan (5912) troublesome Achar (5917) troublesome *Achim (885 Greek/3137 Hebrew) Yahveh will raise Achsah/Achsa (5915) anklet Addi (78 Greek/5716 Hebrew) finery; gen. an outfit; spec. a headstall Adnah (5734) pleasure Adonijah (138) lord (i.e. worshipper) of Yah Adoram (151) lord of height Adoniram (141) lord of height Aharhel (316) behind (the) intrenchment (i.e. safe) Ahaz/Achaz (271 Hebrew/881 Greek) possessor Ahaziah (274) Yah has seized Ahban (257) brother (i.e. possessor) of understanding Ahijah (281) brother (i.e. worshipper) of Yah Ahikam (296) brother of rising (i.e. high) Ahinoam (293) brother of pleasantness Ahilud (286) brother of one born Ahlai (304) wishful Ahumai (267) brother (i.e. neighbour) of water Ahuzam (275) seizure Akkub (6126) insidious Amasa (6021) burden Amasiah (6007) Yah has loaded Amaziah (558) strength of Yah Ammiel (5988) people of God Amminadab/Aminadab (5992 Hebrew/284 Greek) people of liberality Amnon (550) faithful Amon (526) skilled Amos (5986) burdensome

Anub (6036) borne (as fruit) Anani (6054) cloudy Appaim (649) two nostrils Aram (758) highland Arnan (770) noisy Ardon (715) roaming Asa (609) of uncert. der. Asahel (6214) God has made Asaiah (6222) Yah has made Asareel (840) right of God Ashbea (791) adjurer Ashur (806) black Assir (617) prisoner Atarah (5851) crown Ataroth (5852) crowns Attai (6262) timely Azariah (5838) Yah has helped Azor (107 Greek/5809 Hebrew) helpful Azrikam (5840) help of an enemy Azubah (5806) desertion (of inhabitants) Bani (1137) built Bariah (1282) a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name Bath-shua (1340) daughter of wealth Benaiah (1141) Yah has built Ben-hanan (1135) son of favor Ben-zoheth (1132) son of Zoheth (Zoheth of uncert. or.) Berechiah (1296) knee (i.e. blessing) of Yah Bethlehem (1035) house of bread Beth-rapha (1051) house of (the) giant Beth-zur (1049) house of (the) rock Bezaleel (1212) in (the) shadow (i.e. protection) of God Boaz/Booz (1162/1003 Greek) from an unused root of uncert. mean. Bunah (946) discretion Calcol/Chalcol (3633) sustenance Caleb (3612) a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute; forcible Careah/Kareah (7143) bald Carmelite (3761) a Karmelite or inhab. of Karmel (the town); a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard, or park); by impl. garden produce

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Carmi (3756) gardener Charashim (2798) mechanics Chelub (3620) a bird-trap (as furnished with a clap-stick or treadle to spring it); hence a basket (as resembling a wicker cage) Chelubai (3621) a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute; forcible Chileab (3609) restraint of (his) father Chilion (3630) pining, destruction Chozeba (3578) fallacious Coniah (3659) a shortened form of Jeconiah, Yah will establish Cosam (7081 Hebrew/2973 Greek) a lot; also diviniation (includ. its fee), oracle Coz (6976) a thorn Dalaiah (1806) Yah has delivered Dan (1835) judge Daniel (1840) judge of God Dara (1873) pearl of knowledge David (1732) loving Eglah (5698) a (female) calf, espec. one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer) Eker (6134) fig. a transplanted person, i.e. a naturalized citizen Elah (425) an oak or other strong tree Eleasah (501) God has made Eleazar (499) God (is) helper Eliab (446) God of (his) father Eliada (450) God (is) knowing Eliakim (471) God of raising Eliashib (475) God will restore Eliezer (461) God of help Elihu (453) God of him Elimelech (458) God of (the) king Elioenai (454) towards Yahveh (are) my eyes Eliphelet (467) God of deliverance Elishama (476) God of hearing Elisheba (472) God of (the) oath Eliud (1664 Greek) God of majesty Elmodam (1678 Greek/486 Hebrew) prob. of for. der. Ephah (5891) obscurity (as if from covering) Epher (6081) gazelle Ephlal (654) judge Ephrath/Ephratah (672) fruitfulness Er (6147) watchful Esli (2069 Greek/454 Hebrew) towards Yahveh (are) my eyes Eshtaulites (848) intreaty *Eshtemoa (851) obedience Eshton (850) restful

Esrom (2074 Greek/2696 Hebrew) court-yard Etam (5862) hawk-ground Ethan (387) permanent Ethnan (869) a gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry) Ezer (5829) aid Ezra (5834) aid Garmite (1636) bony, i.e. strong Gazez (1495) shearer Gedor (1446) inclosure Geshan (1529) lumpish Gibea (1388) a hill Haahashtari (326) an achastarite (i.e. courier); the designation (rather than a name) of an Isr. Haggith (2294) festive Hamul/Hamulites (2538/2539) pitied Hamutal (2537) father-in-law of dew Hananiah (2608) Yah has favored Haran (2771) parched Hareph (2780) reproachful Haroeh (7204) prophet Harum (2037) high Hasadiah (2619) Yah has favored Hashubah (2807) estimation Hattush (2407) from an unused root of uncert. signif. Hazelelponi (6753) shade-facing Heber (2268) community Helah (2458) prop. disease; hence rust Helez (2503) strength Heli (2242 Greek/5941 Hebrew) lofty Heman (1968) faithful Hepher (2660) a pit or shame Hezekiah/Ezekias (2396 Hebrew/1478 Greek) strengthened of Yah Hezron/Hezronites (2696) court-yard Hodaiah/Hodiah (1939) majesty of Yah Hoshama (1953) Yahveh has heard Hur (2354) the crevice of a serpent; the cell of a prison; white linen Hushah (2364) haste Ibhar (2984) choice Idbash (3031) honeyed Igeal (3008) avenger Ira (5896) wakefulness Ir-nahash (5904) city of a serpent Iru (5900) a citizen Ishbah (3431) he will praise Ishi (3469) saving Ishma (3457) desolate Ishmael (3458) God will hear

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Ithream (3507) excellence of people *Ithrites (3505) prop. an overhanging, i.e. (by impl.) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free) Jaazaniah (2970) heard of Yah Jada (3047) knowing Jahath (3189) unity *Jahdai (3056) celebrated Jair/Jairites (2971) enlightener Jalon (3210) lodging Jamin (3226) the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south Janna (2388 Greek/3238 Hebrew) to rage or be violent; by impl. to suppress, to maltreat Japhia (3309) bright Jecamiah (3359) Yah will rise Jeconiah/Jechonias (3204) Yah will establish Jehaleleel (3094) praising God Jehoash (3060) Yahveh-fired Jehoahaz (3059) Yahveh-seized Jehoiachin (3078) Yahveh will establish Jehoiakim (3079) Yahveh will raise Jehoiada (3077) Yahveh-known Jehoram (3088) Yahveh-raised Jehoshaphat/Josaphat (3092) Yahveh-judged Jehu (3058) Yahveh (is) He *Jehudijah (3057) celebrated Jekamiah (3359) Yah will rise Jekuthiel (3354) obedience of God Jephunneh (3312) he will be prepared Jerahmeel (3396) God will compassionate Jered (3382) a descent Jeremiah (3414) Yah will rise Jerioth (3408) curtains Jesaiah (3470) Yah has saved Jesher (3475) the right Jesse (3448) extant Jether (3500) prop. an overhanging, i.e. (by impl.) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free) Jeuel (3262) carried away of God Jezoar (6714 and 3328) whiteness and he will shine Jezreel (3157) God will sow Joab (3097) Yahveh-fathered Joanna (2490 Greek/3110 Hebrew) Yahveh-favored Joash (3101) Yahveh-fired Johanan (3110) Yahveh-favored *Jokim (3137) Yahveh will raise Jonan (2494 Greek/3310 Hebrew or3124 Hebrew)

Yahveh-favored or a dove (appar. from the warmth of their mating) Jonathan (3129) Yahveh-given Joram /Jorim (3141 Hebrew/2497 Greek) Yahvehraised Jorkoam (3421) people will be poured forth Josedech (3087) Yahveh-righted Jose/Joseph (2499 Greek/2501 Greek/3130 Hebrew) let him add (or perh. simply act. part. adding) Josiah/Josias (2977 Hebrew/2502 Greek) founded of Yah Joshua (3091) Yahveh-saved Jotham/Joatham (3147 Hebrew/2488 Greek) Yahveh (is) perfect Judah/Juda/Judas (3063 Hebrew/2455 Greek) celebrated Jushab-hesed (3142) kindness will be returned Keilah (7084) citadel Kenaz/Kenezite (7073) hunter Korah (7141) ice Laadah (3935) from an unused root of uncert. mean. Lahad (3855) from an unused root mean. to glow; or else to be earnest Lecah (3922) a journey Maachathite (4602) depression Maaseiah (4641) work of Yah Maath (3092 Greek) no definition given Maaz (4619) closure Machbenah (4343) knoll Madmannah (4089) a dung-hill Mahol (4235) dancing Malchiram (4443) king of a high one (i.e. of exaltation) Mahlon (4248) sick Manahethites (2680) Yah has favored Manasseh/Manasses (4519) causing to forget Maon (4584) a residence Mareshah (4762) summit Mary (3137 Greek/4813 Hebrew) rebelliously Matthan (3157 Greek/4977 Hebrew) a present Matthat (3158 Greek/4993 Hebrew) gift of Yah Mattatha (3160 Greek/4992 Hebrew) gift of Yah Mattathias (3161 Greek/4993 Hebrew) gift of Yah Mehir (4243) price Melea (3190 Greek) of uncert. or. Melchi (3197 Greek/4428 Hebrew) my king; a king Menan (3104 Greek) no definition given Mered (4778) rebellion Mesha (4337) safety

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Meshach (4335) of for. or. and doubtful signif. Meshullam (4918) allied Miriam (4813) rebelliously Mishael (4332) who (is) what God (is)? Mishraites (4594) a vestment Molid (4140) genitor Moza (4162) a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence a source or product; spec. dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass) Naam (5277) pleasure Naarah (5292) a girl (from infancy to adolescence) Nabal (5037) dolt Nadab (5070) liberal Nagge (3477 Greek/5052 Hebrew) brilliancy (lit. or fig.) Naham (5163) consolation Nahshon/Naasson (5177 Hebrew /3476 Greek) enchanter Nathan (5416) given Naum (3486 Greek/5151 Hebrew) comfortable Neariah (5294) servant of Yah Nebat (5028) regard Necho (5224) prob. of Eg. or. Nedabiah (5072) largess of Yah Nehemiah (5166) consolation of Yah Nepheg (5298) a sprout Neri (3518) to expire or (causat.) to extinguish (fire, light, anger) Nethaniah (5418) given of Yah Nethaneel (5417) given of God Netophathites (5200) distillation Nogah (5052) brilliancy (lit. or fig.) Obadiah (5662) serving Yah Obed (5744) serving Ohel (169) a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) Omri (6018) heaping Onam (208) strong Onan (209) strong Oren (767) the ash tree (from its toughness) Othniel (6274) force of God Ozem (684) strength (i.e. strong) Paseah (6454) limping Pedaiah (6305) Yah has ransomed Pekah (6492) watch Pelaiah (6411) Yah has distinguished Pelatiah (6410) Yah has delivered Pelet (6404) escape

Peleth (6431) swiftness Penuel (6439) face of God Pharez/Phares/Pharzites (6557/5329 Greek/6558) a break (lit. or fig.) Puhites (6336) patron. from an unused name mean. a hinge Raddai (7288) domineering Raham (7357) pity Ram (7410) high Reaiah (7211) Yah has seen Rechah (7397) softness Regem (7276) stone-heap Rehoboam/Roboam (7346 Hebrew/4497 Greek) a people has enlarged Rekem (7552) versi-color Rephaiah/Rhesa (7509 Hebrew/4488 Greek) Yah has cured Rhesa (4488 Greek/7509 Hebrew) Rinnah (7441) prop. a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e. shout (of joy or grief) Sadoc (4524 Greek/6659 Hebrew) just Shealtiel/Salathiel (7597 Hebrew/4528 Greek) I have asked God Salmon/Salma (8009/4533 Greek/8007/8012) clothing; investiture Saraph (8315) burning, i.e. (fig.) poisonous (serpent); spec. a saraph or symbol. creature (from their copper color) Segub (7687) aloft Seled (5540) exultation Seraiah (8304) Yah has prevailed Shaaph (8174) fluctuation Shadrach (7714) prob. of for. or. Shallum (7967) a requital, i.e. (secure) retribution, (venal) a fee Shammai (8060) destructive Shaphat (8202) judge Shechaniah (7935) Yah has dwelt Sheber (7669) a fracture, fig. ruin; spec. a solution (of a dream) Shelah/Shelanites (7956/8024) request Shelomith (8019) peacableness Shema (8087) something heard, i.e. a sound rumor, announcement; abstr. audience Shemaiah (8098) Yah has heard Shenazar (8137) appar. of Bab. or. Shephatiah (8203) Yah has judged Sheshan (8348) lily Sheshbazzar (8339) of for. der. Sheva (7724) false Shilhi (7977) missive, i.e. armed

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*Shilonites (7888) tranquil Shimea/Shimma (8092) annunciation Shimei/Semei (8096 Hebrew/4584 Greek) famous Shimon (7889) desert Shobab (7727) rebellious Shobal (7732) overflowing Shuah (7746) a chasm Shumathites (8126) patron. from an unused name from 7762 prob. mean. garlic-smell Simeon (8095) hearing Sisamai (5581) of uncert. der. Solomon (8010) peaceful Tamar/Thamar (8559/2283 Greek) a palm tree Tanhumeth (8576) compassion, solace Tappuah (8599) an apple (from its fragrance), i.e. the fruit or the tree (prob. includ. others of the pome order, as the quince, the orange, etc. Tehinnah (8468) graciousness; caus. entreaty Tekoa (8620) a trumpet Temeni (8488) the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east) Tilon (8436) suspension Tirhanah (8647) of uncert. der. Tiria (8493) fearful Uri (221) fiery Uthai (5793) succoring Uzziah/Ozias (5818 Hebrew/3604 Greek) strength of Yah Zabad (2066) giver Zabdi (2067) giving Zanoah (2182) rejected Zarah/Zerah/Zara/Zarhites (2226/2227 Hebrew/2196 Greek) a rising of light *Zareathites/Zorathites/Zorites (6882) a wasp (as stinging) Zaza (2117) prominent Zebadiah (2069) Yah has given Zedekiah (6667) right of Yah Zereth (6889) splendor Zerubbabel/Zorobabel (2216 Hebrew/2216 Greek) descended of (i.e. from) Babylon, i.e. born there Zeruiah (6870) wounded Zimri (2174) musical Ziph (2128) flowing Ziphah (2129) flowing Zobebah (6637) the canopier Zoheth (2105) of uncert. or.

Aaron (175) of uncert. der. Abner (74) father of light (i.e. enlightening) Abraham (85) father of a multitude Achish (397) of uncert. der. Adam (120) ruddy, i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) Adoni-Bezek (137) lord of Bezek (lightning) Adoraim (115) double mound Adullamite (5726) no definition given Ahiman (289) brother of a portion (i.e. gift) Ahisamach (294) brother of support Aholiab (171) tent of (his) father Ammihud (5989/5991) people of splendor/people of nobility Ammon (5983) tribal, i.e. inbred Amorites (567) a mountaineer Anak/Anakims (6061/6062) a necklace (as if strangling) Arabians (6163) a pawn (given as security) Arba (704) four Arphaxad (775) prob. of for. or. Ashan (6228) smoke, lit. or fig. (vapor, dust, anger) Ashtoreth (6253) increase Athaliah (6271) Yah has constrained Azekah (5825) tilled Baalah (1173) a mistress Baruch (1263) blessed Barzillai (1271) iron hearted Ben-hail (1134) son of might Berites (1276) of uncert. der. Beth-maachah (1038) house of Maakah (depression) Bichri (1075) youthful Canaanites (3669) by impl. a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans) Cainan (7018) fixed *Chaldeans/Chaldees (3778) an astrologer Chemosh (3645) the powerful Cherethites (3774) life-guardsman Chimham (3643) pining Darius (1868) no definition given; a title of Persian kings Eber (5677) prop. a region across; but used only adv. (with or without a prep.) on the opposite side (espec. of the Jordan; usually mean. the east)

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Ebed-melech (5663) servant of a king Edomites (130) red Elisabeth (1665 Greek/472 Hebrew) God of (the) oath Enoch (2585) initiated Enos (583) prop. a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence a man in gen. (singly or collect.) Ethiopians (3569) prob. of for. or. Evil-merodach (192) of Chald. der. and prob. mean. soldier of Merodach *Gad (1410) to crowd upon, i.e. attack Gibeonites (1393) hilly Hanani (2607) gracious Hazael (2371) God has seen Hirah (2437) blanch (with shame)/splendor (meaning unclear) Hivites (2340) a villager Isaac (3327) laughter (i.e. mockery) Ish-bosheth (378) man of shame Jabez (3258) sorrowful Jacob (3290) heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter) Jared (3382) a descent Jarha (3398) prob. of Eg. or. Jebusite (2983) trodden, i.e. threshing-place Jehonathan (3083) Yahveh-given Jeroboam (3379) (the) people will contend Jezebel (348) chaste Lamech (3929) from an unused root of uncert. mean. Levi (3878) attached Lubims (3864) patrial from a name prob. derived from an unused root mean. to thirst, i.e. a dry region; appar. a Libyan or inhab. of interior Africa (only in plur.) Maachah/Maachathite (4601/4602) depression Machir (4353) salesman Mahalaleel (4111) praise of God Malcham/Milcom (4445) a king; the national idol of the Ammonites Methuselah (4968) man of a dart Meraiah (4811) rebellion *Michaiah (4321) who (is) like Yah? Moabites (4125) from (her [the mother’s]) father Moses (4872) drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued Nahor (5152) snorer Nebuchadnezzar (5019) of for. der. Nebushasban (5021) of for. der. Nebua-zardan (5018) of for. or. Ner (5369) lamp

Nergal-sharezar (5371) of for. or. Nethaneel (5417) given of God Noah (5146) rest Obadiah (5662) serving Yah Oded (5752) reiteration Ornan (771) strong Peleg (6389) earthquake Pelethites (6432) a courier (collect.) or official messenger Perizzites (6522) inhab. of the open country Pharaoh-necho (6549) of Eg. der. Philistines (6430) rolling, i.e. migratory Rab-saris (7249) chief chamberlain Rab-mag (7248) chief Magian Rab-shakeh (7262) chief butler Rahab (7343 Hebrew/4477 Greek) proud Remaliah (7425) Yah has bedecked Reu (7466) friend Rezin (7526) delight (espec. as shown) Ruth (7327) friend Salah (7974) a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (fig.) a shoot of growth, i.e. branch Samson (8123) sunlight Sennacherib (5576) of for. or. Serug (8286) tendril Seth (8352) put, i.e. substituted Shaphan (8227) a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e. prob. the hyrax Sheba (7614) of for. or. Shem (8035) name Sheshai (8344) whitish Shuah (7770) a halloo Syrians (758) the highland Talmai (8526) ridged Tartan (8661) of for. der. Terah (8646) of uncert. der. Zechariah/Zacharias (2148 Hebrew/2197 Greek) Yah has remembered Zichri (2147) memorable Zidonians (6722) fishery Zorah (6881) a wasp (as stinging)

Places Abel (59) a meadow Achor (5911) troubled Achzib (392) deceitful (in the sense of a wintertorrent which fails in summer) Adadah (5735) festival Adar (146) ample Adithaim (5723) double prey

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Adullam (5725) no definition given Adummim (131) red spots

Dannah (1837) of uncert. der. Damascus (1834) of for. or. Debir (1688) the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary Dilean (1810) of uncert. der. *Dimonah (1776) pining Dumah (1746) silence; fig. death Eder (5740) an arrangement (i.e. muster) of animals Edom (123) red Eglon (5700) vituline Ekron (6138) eradication Eloth (359) trees or a grove (i.e. palms) Eltekon (515) God (is) straight Enam (5879) double fountain En-gannim (5873) fountain of gardens En-gedi (5872) fountain of a kid En-rogel (5883) fountain of a traveller En-shemesh (5885) fountain of the sun Ephes-dammim (658) boundary of blood-drops Ephron (6085) fawn-like Eshean (824) support Eshtaol (847) intreaty Eshtemoh (851) from 8085 in the sense of obedience; 8085 to hear intelligently (often with impl. of attention, obedience, etc.; caus. to tell, etc.) Etam (5862) hawk-ground Ether (6281) abundance Euphrates (6578) rushing Gath (1661) a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them) Gaza (5804) strong Geba (1387) a hillock Gederah (1449) inclosure (espec. for flocks) Gederoth (1450) walls Gedor (1446) inclosure Gerizim (1630) cut up (i.e. rocky) Geshur (1650) bridge Gibbethon (1405) a hilly spot Gibeah (1390) a hillock Gihon (1521) stream Gilboa (1533) fountain of ebullition Gilgal (1537) a wheel Giloh (1542) open Gimzo (1579) of uncert. der. Goshen (1657) prob. of Eg. or. Gur (1483) a cub (as still abiding in the lair), espec. of the lion Halhul (2478) contorted Hamath (2574) walled

Ai (5857) a ruin (as if overturned) Aijalon/Ajalon (357) deer-field Ain (5871) fountain Aman (770) noisy Anab (6024) fruit Anim (6044) fountains Aphekah (664) to cook, espec. to bake Arab (694) ambush Arad (6166) fugitive Aram (758) the highland Ashan (6228) smoke, lit. or fig. (vapor, dust, anger) Ashdod (795) ravager *Askelon (831) mart *Ashnah (823) old *Assyria (804) successful Azekah (5825) tilled Azmon (6111) bone-like Baalah (1173) a mistress Baale of Judah (1184) masters of Judah (celebrated) Babylon (894) confusion Beersheba (884) well of an oath Beth-anoth (1042) house of replies Beth-arabah (1026) house of the Desert Beth-aven (1007) house of vanity Beth-el (1008) house of God Beth-gader (1013) house of (the) wall Beth-hogla (1031) house of a partridge Beth-horon (1032) house of hollowness Bethlehem (1035) house of bread Bethpalet (1046) house of escape Beth-shan (1052) house of ease Beth-shemesh (1053) house of (the) sun Beth-tappuah (1054) house of (the) apple Beth-zur (1049) house of (the) rock Bezek (966) lightning Bohan (932) thumb Bozkath (1218) a swell of ground Cain (7014) a lance (as striking fast) Caleb-ephratah (3613) a dog, hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute/fruitfulness Canaan (3667) humiliated Carchemish (3751) of for. der. Carmel (3760) a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard, or park); by impl. garden produce Chesalon (3693) fertile

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Hareth (2802) forest Hazargaddah (2693) (the) village of (female) Fortune Hazarshual (2705) village of (the) fox Hazor (2674) village Hebron (2275) seat of association Heshmon (2829) opulent Hezron (2696) court-yard Hilen (2432) fortress Hinnom (2011) prob. of for. or. Holon (2473) sandy Hormah (2767) devoted Humtah (2547) low Ibleam (2991) devouring people Israel (3478) he will rule as God Jabesh-gilead (3003) dry/heap of testimony Jabneel (2995) built of God Jagur (3017) a lodging Janum (3241) asleep Jarmuth (3412) elevation Jattir (3492) redundant Jearim (3297) forests Jebus (2982) trodden Jerusalem (3389) founded peaceful Jezreel (3157) God will sow Jipthah (3316) he will open Jokdeam (3347) burning of (the) people Joktheel (3371) veneration of God Jordan (3383) a descender Juttah (3194) extended Kabzeel (6909) God has gathered Karkaa (7173) ground-floor Kedesh (6943) a sanctum Keilah (7084) citadel Kenath (7079) possession Kidron (6939) dusky place Kirjath-arba (7153) city of the four (giants) Kirjath-baal (7154) city of Baal (master, husband, owner) Kirjath-jearim (7157) city of forests, or city of towns Kirjath-sannah (7158) city of branches, or of a book Kirjath-sepher (7158) city of branches, or of a book Lachish (3923) from an unused root of uncert. mean. Lebaoth (3822) lionesses Lehi (3896) the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence the jaw-bone Libnah (3841) some sort of whitish tree; perh. the

storax Maaleh-acrabbim (4610) Steep of Scorpions Maarath (4638) waste Madmannah (4089) a dung-hill Mahaneh-dan (4265) camp of Dan (judge) Makkedah (4719) fold [connotation of herding] Maon (4584) a residence Mareshah (4762) summit Megiddo (4023) rendezvous *Middin (4081) a contest or quarrel Migdal-gad (4028) tower of Fortune Mizpah/Mizpeh (4709) an observatory, espec. for military purposes Moab (4124) from (her [the mother’s]) father Moladah (4137) birth Nephtoah (5318) opened, i.e. a spring Nezib (5334) station Nibshan (5044) of uncert. der. Ophel (6077) a tumor; also a mound, i.e. fortress Paran (6290) ornamental Rabbah/Rabbath (7237) great Ramah (7414) a height (as seat of idolatry) Ramath-lehi (7437) height of a jaw-bone Ramoth-gilead (7433) heights of Gilad (heap of testimony) Riblah (7247) fertile Sansannah (5578) a bough Secacah (5527) inclosure Seir (8165) rough Shaaraim (8189) double gates Shamir (8069) a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, prob. the diamond Shechem (7927) ridge Shema (8087) something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstr. audience Shicron (7942) drunkenness Shilhim (7978) javelins or sprouts Shoco/Shochoh/Socoh (7755) from a prim. root that means to entwine, i.e. shut in (for formation, protection or restraint) Sinai (5514) of uncert. der. Tappuah (8599) an apple (from its fragrance), i.e. the fruit or the tree (prob. includ. others of the pome order, as the quince, the orange, etc. Telaim (2923) lambs Timnah/Tirmath (8553) a portion assigned Tirzah (8656) delightsomeness Tyre (6865) a rock Zair (6811) little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble

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Zanoah (2182) rejected Zephath (6857) watch-tower Ziklag (6860) of uncert. der. Zin (6790) a crag Zior (6730) small Ziph (2128) flowing Zoheleth (2120) crawling (i.e. serpent) Zorah/Zoreah (6881) a wasp (as stinging)

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