Judea
This map shows the region of Judea in the land of ancient
Israel.
The region of Judea was 55 miles long, from Bethlehem where
Jesus was born, down to the city of Beersheba. Almost half
of Judea was desert! It was a very dry and barren place in
the west, but there were hills and the Jordan river in the
east....
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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. Un...
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joo-de'-a: In Ezr 5:8 for "Judah"; thus the Revised Version
(British and American). In the New Testament the form is
JUDAEA (which see)....
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1. Also called JUDAH and JUDAEA
-(The southern division of Israel)
It extended from the Jordan River and the Dead Sea to the
Mediterranean Sea, and from Shiloh on the north to the
wilderness on the south
Mt 4:25; Lu 5:17; Joh 4:47,54
The term applies to all of Israel in
Lu 1:5
It applies to the territory east of the Jordan River in
Mt 19:1...
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(from Judah), a territorial division which succeeded to the
overthrow of the ancient landmarks of the tribes of Israel and
Judah in their respective captivities. The word first occurs
Da 5:13 Authorized Version "Jewry," and the first mention of
the "province of Judea" is in the book of Ezra, Ezr 5:8 It is
alluded to in Ne 11:3 (Authorized Vers...
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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 ...
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Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of
Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with
great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work
goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands....
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