In Judah

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned In to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went In unto her.

And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked In the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

And Judah said unto Onan, Go In unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter In law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt In her father's house.

And In process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot In this place.

• Punishment
• Judah
• Rulers

And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter In law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word In my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died In the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be In the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

All that were numbered In the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

• Standards
• Armies

In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died In the land of Canaan.

But the children of Israel committed a trespass In the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

• Joshua
• Rising

So Joshua rose up early In the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

• Benedictions
• CALEB
• Decision

Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua In Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee In Kadeshbarnea. Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was In mine heart. Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. read more And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered In the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was In the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come In. Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake In that day; for thou heardest In that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. show less

And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide In their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide In their coasts on the north.

And they appointed Kedesh In Galilee In mount Naphtali, and Shechem In mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, In the mountain of Judah.

And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, In the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them In Bezek ten thousand men.

And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt In the mountain, and In the south, and In the valley.

And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt In Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father In law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth In the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

Then the Philistines went up, and pitched In Judah, and spread themselves In Lehi.

And they went up, and pitched In Kirjathjearim, In Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters In law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

And when he numbered them In Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them In Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, In Ephesdammim.

But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came In before them.

And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not In the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here In Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be In the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

• Armies
• Bow

(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written In the book of Jasher.)

And the time that David was king In Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and In Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

• Uriah
• Patriotism

And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide In tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped In the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts In the king, and we have also more right In David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had In bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them In his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were In Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king In my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea In multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

But as for the children of Israel which dwelt In the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

• Offerings

If this people go up to do sacrifice In the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

And Jeroboam ordained a feast In the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is In Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he In Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed In Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned In Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years In Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

And Judah did evil In the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.

Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.

Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

And In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come In to Asa king of Judah.

The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless In the time of his old age he was diseased In his feet.

And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel In the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.

Even In the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned In his stead.

In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel In Tirzah, twenty and four years.

In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel In Tirzah, two years.

And Zimri went In and smote him, and killed him, In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned In his stead.

In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days In Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he In Tirzah.

And In the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel In Samaria twenty and two years.

And it came to pass In the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, In a void place In the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah In the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel In Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned In his stead In the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel In Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

And In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

And king Joram went back to be healed In Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab In Jezreel, because he was sick.

• Friendship

So Jehu rode In a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each In his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him In the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also In the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

And In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

• Diplomacy
• Jehoshaphat
• Liberality

And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found In the treasures of the house of the LORD, and In the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel In Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel In Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was In Lebanon sent to the cedar that was In Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was In Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another In the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign In Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel In Samaria six months.

Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign In the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month In Samaria.

In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years In Samaria.

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel In Samaria, and reigned two years.

In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel In Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign In Samaria over Israel nine years.

Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked In the statutes of Israel which they made.

Now it came to pass In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

• Hezekiah
• Faith

He trusted In the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

Now In the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

• Blasphemy

But if ye say unto me, We trust In the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar In Jerusalem?

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God In whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

• Manasseh
• Homicide

Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, In doing that which was evil In the sight of the LORD.

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read In their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found In the house of the LORD.

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense In the high places In the cities of Judah, and In the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were In the entering In of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

• Idolatry

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering In of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was In the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

• House

And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made In the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor In all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied In the land of Judah and In Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written In the book that Hilkiah the priest found In the house of the LORD.

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written In the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him In the eighth year of his reign.

For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass In Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah In the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.

And as for the people that remained In the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.

And it came to pass In the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, In the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon In the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil In the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

• Judah
• Incest

And Tamar his daughter In law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

And these written by name came In the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt In their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

All these were reckoned by genealogies In the days of Jotham king of Judah, and In the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

And they gave them Hebron In the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written In the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

And In Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;

Send me now therefore a man cunning to work In gold, and In silver, and In brass, and In iron, and In purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me In Judah and In Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

• Music

And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before In the land of Judah.

But as for the children of Israel that dwelt In the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel In Judah and Benjamin, saying,

And Rehoboam dwelt In Jerusalem, and built cities for defence In Judah.

And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are In Judah and In Benjamin fenced cities.

And In every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

• ISRAELITES
• Character

So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked In the way of David and Solomon.

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual In abundance. And he desired many wives.

• Reproof

Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you In the hand of Shishak.

And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also In Judah things went well.

Now In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

And he built fenced cities In Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war In those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel In abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come In to Asa king of Judah.

And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written In the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

And he placed forces In all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons In the land of Judah, and In the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom In his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour In abundance.

• Jehoshaphat
• Groves
• Jehoshaphat

And his heart was lifted up In the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

Also In the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach In the cities of Judah.

And they taught In Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

• Treasure
• Cities

And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built In Judah castles, and cities of store.

• Armies
• Consecration
• Zeal

And he had much business In the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were In Jerusalem. And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.

• Jehoshaphat
• Religion
• Rulers

These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put In the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

• Confederated
• Armies

And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee In the war.

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed In their robes, and they sat In a void place at the entering In of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house In peace to Jerusalem.

And he set judges In the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you In all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.

And Jehoshaphat stood In the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, In the house of the LORD, before the new court,

Ye shall not need to fight In this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

And they rose early In the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe In the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

And when Judah came toward the watch tower In the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat In the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years In Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

• Firstborn
• Will

And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities In Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.

Moreover he made high places In the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked In the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor In the ways of Asa king of Judah,

• Rulers

But hast walked In the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:

And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found In the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king In his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

And he returned to be healed In Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.

And they went about In Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come In on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

• Tabernacle
• Temple

And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring In out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring In to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel In the wilderness.

• Anger

Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home In great anger.

• Homicide

And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken In pieces.

Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another In the face.

And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was In Lebanon sent to the cedar that was In Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was In Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another In the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written In the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?

And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers In the city of Judah.

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king In the room of his father Amaziah.

Moreover he built cities In the mountains of Judah, and In the forests he built castles and towers.

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written In the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew In Judah an hundred and twenty thousand In one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them In a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

And In every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written In the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

Also In Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt In Judah, rejoiced.

Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images In pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, In Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt In the cities of Judah, they also brought In the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified In the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written In the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and In the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

• Burial

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him In the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned In his stead.

Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, In the valley, even to the entering In at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war In all the fenced cities of Judah.

• Josiah
• Seekers

For In the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and In the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left In Israel and In Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written In this book.

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written In the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read In their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found In the house of the LORD.

• Passover

And there was no passover like to that kept In Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him In the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried In one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written In the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found In him, behold, they are written In the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned In his stead.

• Emancipation
• Cyrus
• Heathen

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house In Jerusalem, which is In Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is In Judah.

Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is In Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is In Jerusalem.

• Priest

Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is In Jerusalem.

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen In the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them In building,

• Resumed
• Temple

And In the reign of Ahasuerus, In the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were In Judah and Jerusalem In the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

• Seven

Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is In thine hand;

For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us In our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us In the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall In Judah and In Jerusalem.

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat In the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour In thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

• Servants
• Servant

And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought In the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

• Rulers

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor In the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king In Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

Moreover In those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

For there were many In Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son In law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt In Jerusalem: but In the cities of Judah dwelt every one In his possession In their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

• Priest

And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were In all the cities of Judah, every one In his inheritance.

And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand In all matters concerning the people.

And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and In the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and In the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and In the villages thereof,

And of the Levites were divisions In Judah, and In Benjamin.

• Art
• Sabbath

In those days saw I In Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing In sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them In the day wherein they sold victuals.

• Sabbath

There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and In Jerusalem.

• Rising

{A Psalm of David, when he was In the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it In possession.

• Wisdom

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.} In Judah is God known: his name is great In Israel.

• Reason
• Anthropomorphisms
• Rebellious

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem In the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. read more Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness In it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it In your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage In a vineyard, as a lodge In a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not In the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged In it; but now murderers. Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. show less

And it came to pass In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king In the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid In himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look In that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

• Salvation

In that day shall this song be sung In the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

Now it came to pass In the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

But if thou say to me, We trust In the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, In whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not In truth, nor In righteousness.

To whom the word of the LORD came In the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, In the thirteenth year of his reign.

It came also In the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive In the fifth month.

But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee In the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

Declare ye In Judah, and publish In Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet In the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

Declare this In the house of Jacob, and publish it In Judah, saying,

• Temple

Stand In the gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter In at these gates to worship the LORD.

Seest thou not what they do In the cities of Judah and In the streets of Jerusalem?

For the children of Judah have done evil In my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations In the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

• Character

Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are In the utmost corners, that dwell In the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised In the heart.

Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words In the cities of Judah, and In the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

• Idolatry

Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all In the time of their trouble.

• Idolatry

For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger In offering incense unto Baal.

And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did In Jerusalem.

Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand In the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come In, and by the which they go out, and In all the gates of Jerusalem;

And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter In by these gates:

Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding In chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense In it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem In this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left In this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter In by these gates:

Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper In his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more In Judah.

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain In this land, and them that dwell In the land of Egypt:

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,

• Temple

Thus saith the LORD; Stand In the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship In the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:

• Temple

When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down In the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house.

Micah the Morasthite prophesied In the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left In the house of the LORD, and In the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain In the house of the LORD, and In the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;

• Iron
• Prophets
• Temple

And it came to pass the same year, In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, In the fourth year, and In the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me In the house of the LORD, In the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. read more Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah In the presence of the priests, and In the presence of all the people that stood In the house of the LORD, Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD'S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak In thine ears, and In the ears of all the people; The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him. Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. And Hananiah spake In the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust In a lie. Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. So Hananiah the prophet died the same year In the seventh month. show less

• Punishment

And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are In Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted In the fire;

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech In the land of Judah and In the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.

And there shall dwell In Judah itself, and In all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD In the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

• Persecution
• Prisoners

For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up In the court of the prison, which was In the king of Judah's house.

• Idolatry
• Israelites
• Offerings

And they built the high places of Baal, which are In the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses In the land of Benjamin, and In the places about Jerusalem, and In the cities of Judah, and In the cities of the mountains, and In the cities of the valley, and In the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.

Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard In this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even In the cities of Judah, and In the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,

In the cities of the mountains, In the cities of the vale, and In the cities of the south, and In the land of Benjamin, and In the places about Jerusalem, and In the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.

In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.

Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah In Jerusalem,

• Integrity
• Self-denial
• Rechabites

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD In the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: read more And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell In tents; that ye may live many days In the land where ye be strangers. Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father In all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; Nor to build houses for us to dwell In: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: But we have dwelt In tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell In the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me: Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. show less

And it came to pass In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Therefore go thou, and read In the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD In the ears of the people In the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them In the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

• Fasting

And it came to pass In the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, In the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people In Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

Take thee again another roll, and write In it all the former words that were In the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out In the day to the heat, and In the night to the frost.

Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned In the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.

And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king In the land of Judah.

And, behold, all the women that are left In the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk In the mire, and they are turned away back.

• Sieges
• Armies

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, In the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

• Captive
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Homicide

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah In Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

• Nebuzaradan
• Poor

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, In the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound In chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.

Likewise when all the Jews that were In Moab, and among the Ammonites, and In Edom, and that were In all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah In Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant In Judah perish?

So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell In the land of Judah.

But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell In the land of Judah;

Take great stones In thine hand, and hide them In the clay In the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house In Tahpanhes, In the sight of the men of Judah;

Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled In the cities of Judah and In the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed In the land of Judah, and In the streets of Jerusalem?

And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall In the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

• Libations
• Idolatry
• Self-delusion

But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, In the cities of Judah, and In the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

The incense that ye burned In the cities of Judah, and In the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?

Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are In the land of Egypt:

Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell In the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named In the mouth of any man of Judah In all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.

Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are In the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words In a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates In Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

In those days, and In that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

In those days, and In that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon In the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.

For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass In Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah In Riblah.

And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death In Riblah In the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.

And it came to pass In the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, In the twelfth month, In the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon In the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men In the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as In a winepress.

The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down In his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased In the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

They ravished the women In Zion, and the maids In the cities of Judah.

• Government

And it came to pass In the sixth year, In the sixth month, In the fifth day of the month, as I sat In mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah In Jerusalem the defenced.

• Corn
• Commerce
• Honey

Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded In thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is In the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one In mine hand.

And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds In breadth, and In length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be In the midst of it.

Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being In the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.

• Jerusalem
• Siege

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Then Arioch brought In Daniel before the king In haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.

Then was Daniel brought In before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?

The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, In the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and In the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall In their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

For, behold, In those days, and In that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

• Fountain

And it shall come to pass In that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood In their land.

• Earthquakes

The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel In the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and In the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother In the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah In the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly In the day of distress.

The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite In the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler In Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, In the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: In the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down In the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

In the second year of Darius the king, In the sixth month, In the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work In the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion In the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

So again have I thought In these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

• Idolatry

And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor In Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse In the battle.

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be In the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

And the governors of Judah shall say In their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength In the LORD of hosts their God.

In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire In a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again In her own place, even In Jerusalem.

• Earthquakes

And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, In great abundance.

Yea, every pot In Jerusalem and In Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and In that day there shall be no more the Canaanite In the house of the LORD of hosts.

Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed In Israel and In Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as In the days of old, and as In former years.