Ancient Judea - Map of New Testament Israel
JU-DAE`A, JU-DE`A (land of Judah),In a general sense the whole of Israel, but more particularly that southern portion which constituted the kingdom of Judah, viz., the allotments of Judah, Benjamin, and parts of Simeon and Dan. Word first used in Dan. 5:13. Became general after the captivity, Ezra 5:8 ; Neh. 11:3 ; Matt, 19:1 ; Mark 10:1. Under Rome it was governed by a procurator.