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Judah Scripture - 2 Samuel 12:8

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

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Judah Scripture - 2 Kings 3:7

And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I [am] as thou [art], my people as thy people, [and] my horses as thy horses....

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Judah in Wikipedia

Judah/Yehuda (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה, Standard Yəhuda Tiberian Yəhûḏāh) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Judah; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Isra...

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Judah Scripture - Joshua 7:17

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:...

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Judah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah's words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: "Now will I praise [Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah" (Gen. 29:35). It was Judah that interposed in behalf of Joseph, so that his life was spared (Gen. 37:26, 27). He took a lead in the affairs of...

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Judah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the praise of the Lord; confession...

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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 Zerubbabe...

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Judah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Jacob Ge 35:23 Intercedes for Joseph's life when his brothers were about to kill him, and proposes that they sell him to the Ishmaelites Ge 37:26,27 Takes two wives Ge 38:1-6 Lives at Chezib Ge 38:5 His incest with his daughter-in-law Ge 38:12-26 Goes down into Egypt for corn (grain) Ge 43:1-10; 44:14-34; 46:28 Prophetic b...

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Judah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(praised, celebrated), the fourth son of Jacob and the fourth of Leah. (B.C. after 1753.) Of Judah's personal character more traits are preserved than of any other of the patriarchs, with the exception of Joseph, whose life he in conjunction with Reuben saved. Ge 37:26-28 During the second visit to Egypt for corn it was Judah who understood to...

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