Judah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

joo'-da (yehudhah, "praised"): (1) 4th son of Jacob by Leah (see separate article). (2) An ancestor of Kadmiel, one of those who had the oversight of the rebuilding of the temple (Ezr 3:9). He is the same as Hodaviah (Ezr 2:40), and Hodevah (Neh 7:43). (3) A Levite who had taken a strange wife (Ezr, 10:23). (4) A Levite who came up with Zerubbabel (Neh 12:8). (5) A priest and musician who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 12:36); (3), (4) and (5) may be the same person. (6) A Benjamite, the son of Hassenuah, who was second over the city of Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah (Neh 11:9). (7) One of the princes of Judah who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 12:34). S. F. Hunter