Judea in Easton's Bible Dictionary
After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the
country west of the Jordan (Hag. 1:1, 14; 2:2). But
under the
Romans, in the time of Christ, it denoted the
southernmost of
the three divisions of Israel (Matt. 2:1, 5; 3:1;
4:25),
although it was also sometimes used for Israel
generally
(Acts 28:21).
The province of Judea, as distinguished from Galilee
and
Samaria, included the territories of the tribes of
Judah,
Benjamin, Dan, Simeon, and part of Ephraim. Under the
Romans it
was a part of the province of Syria, and was governed
by a
procurator.
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