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Hebrews 7:14
It is clear that our Lord came from the family line of Judah. Moses said nothing about priests who were from the tribe of Judah.
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Genesis 27:29
May nations serve you. May they bow down to you. Rule over your brothers. May the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed. And may those who bless you be blessed.”
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1 Chronicles 5 2
Judah also did not have the rights of the oldest son. Judah didn’t have them even though he was the leader among his brothers. And a ruler came from his family line. But the rights of the oldest son belonged to Joseph.
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Genesis 29:35
She became pregnant again. She had a son. Then she said,“ This time I’ll praise the Lord.” So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
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Deuteronomy 33:7
Here’s what Moses said about Judah.“ Lord, listen to Judah cry out. Bring him to his people. By his own power he stands up for himself. Lord, help him fight against his enemies!”
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2 Samuel 24 9
Joab reported to the king how many fighting men he had counted. In Israel there were 800,000 men who were able to handle a sword. In Judah there were 500,000.
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1 Chronicles 12 1-1 Chronicles 12 40
Some fighting men came to David at Ziklag. They were among those who helped him in battle. David had been forced to hide from Saul, the son of Kish.The men were armed with bows. They were able to shoot arrows or throw stones from a sling with either hand. They were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin. Here is a list of them.Their chief Ahiezer and Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth Berakah Jehu from AnathothIshmaiah, the Gibeonite, who was a mighty warrior among the 30 chiefs and a leader of the 30 chiefs Jeremiah Jahaziel Johanan Jozabad from GederahEluzai Jerimoth Bealiah Shemariah Shephatiah, the Haruphitethe Korahites Elkanah, Ishiah, Azarel, Joezer and JashobeamJoelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from GedorSome men of Gad went over to David’s side at his usual place of safety in the desert. They were brave fighting men. They were ready for battle. They were able to use shields and spears. Their faces were like the faces of lions. They could run as fast as antelopes in the mountains.Ezer was their chief. Obadiah was next in command. Eliab was third.Mishmannah was fourth. Jeremiah was fifth.Attai was sixth. Eliel was seventh.Johanan was eighth. Elzabad was ninth.Jeremiah was tenth. And Makbannai was eleventh.All these men of Gad were army commanders. The least important of them was equal to 100 men. The most important was equal to 1,000.They went across the Jordan River when it was flowing over its banks. That happened in the first month of spring. They chased away everyone who lived in the valleys. They chased them away from the east and west sides of the river.Some men from the territories of Benjamin and Judah also came to David at his usual place of safety.David went out to meet them. He said to them,“ Have you come to me in peace? Have you come to help me? If you have, I’m ready for you to join me. But suppose you have come to hand me over to my enemies when I haven’t even harmed anyone. Then may the God of our people see it and judge you.”The Spirit of God came on Amasai. He was leader of the 30 chiefs. He said,“ David, we belong to you! Son of Jesse, we’re on your side! May you have great success. May those who help you also have success. Your God will help you.” So David welcomed them. He made them leaders in his army.Some people from the tribe of Manasseh went over to David’s side. They did this when he marched out with the Philistines to fight against Saul. But David and his men didn’t help the Philistines. That’s because after all the Philistine rulers had discussed the matter, they sent him away. They said,“ Suppose he deserts to his master Saul. Then our heads will be cut off!”So David went to Ziklag. Here are the men of Manasseh who went over to his side. They were Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai. They were leaders of groups of 1,000 men in Manasseh.They helped David fight against enemy armies. All the men of Manasseh were brave fighting men. They were commanders in David’s army.Day after day men came to help David. Soon he had a large army. It was like the army of God.Large numbers of men came to David at Hebron. They were prepared for battle. They came to hand Saul’s kingdom over to him, just as the Lord had said. Here are the numbers of the men who came.The men from Judah carried shields and spears. They were prepared for battle. The total number of them was 6,800.The fighting men from Simeon were ready for battle. The total number of them was 7,100.The total number of men from Levi was 4,600.They included Jehoiada. He was the leader of the family of Aaron. He came with 3,700 men.The men from Levi also included Zadok. He was a brave young fighter. He came with 22 officers from his family.The men from Benjamin were from Saul’s tribe. Most of them had remained faithful to Saul’s family until that time. The total number of them was 3,000.The men from Ephraim were brave fighting men. They were famous in their own family groups. The total number of them was 20,800.The men from half of the tribe of Manasseh had been chosen by name to come and make David king. The total number of them was 18,000.The men from Issachar understood what was going on at that time. They knew what Israel should do. The total number of their chiefs was 200. They came with all their relatives who were under their command.The men from Zebulun knew how to fight well. That’s because they had done it many times before. They were prepared for battle. They had every kind of weapon. They came to help David with their whole heart. The total number of them was 50,000.The total number of officers from Naphtali was 1,000. They came with 37,000 men who carried shields and spears.The men from Dan were ready for battle. The total number of them was 28,600.The men from Asher knew how to fight well. That’s because they had done it many times before. They were prepared for battle. The total number of them was 40,000.The men from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh were armed with every kind of weapon. The men came from the east side of the Jordan River. The total number of them was 120,000.All these fighting men offered to serve in the army. Before they came to Hebron, they had agreed completely to make David king over all the Israelites. All the rest of the people also agreed to make David king.The men spent three days there with David. They ate and drank what their families had given them.Their neighbors also brought food. They brought it on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. They came from as far away as the territories of Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali. There was plenty of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep. The Israelites brought all these things because they were so happy.
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Psalms 76:1
In the land of Judah, God is well known. In Israel, his name is great.
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Joshua 10:24
The men brought them to Joshua. Then he sent for all the men of Israel. He spoke to the army commanders who had come with him. He said,“ Come here. Put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came forward and placed their feet on the necks of the kings.
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Revelation 11:15
The seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were loud voices in heaven. They said,“ The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah. He will rule for ever and ever.”
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Genesis 42:6
Joseph was the governor of the land. He was the one who sold grain to all its people. When Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
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2 Chronicles 15 9
Then Asa gathered together all the people of Judah and Benjamin. He also gathered together the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who were living among them. Large numbers of people had come over to him from Israel. They came because they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
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Genesis 37:7-10
We were tying up bundles of grain out in the field. Suddenly my bundle stood up straight. Your bundles gathered around my bundle and bowed down to it.”His brothers said to him,“ Do you plan to be king over us? Will you really rule over us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream. They didn’t like what he had said.Then Joseph had another dream. He told it to his brothers.“ Listen,” he said.“ I had another dream. This time the sun and moon and 11 stars were bowing down to me.”He told his father as well as his brothers. Then his father rebuked him. He said,“ What about this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers really do that? Will we really come and bow down to the ground in front of you?”
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Judges 1:1-2
Joshua died. After that, the Israelites spoke to the Lord. They asked him,“ Who of us will go up first and fight against the Canaanites?”The Lord answered,“ The tribe of Judah will go up. I have handed the land over to them.”
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Judges 20:18
The Israelites went up to Bethel. There they asked God,“ Who should go up first and fight against the people of Benjamin?” The Lord answered,“ The tribe of Judah will go first.”
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1 Kings 4 1-1 Kings 4 34
So King Solomon ruled over the whole nation of Israel.Here are the names of his chief officials. Azariah was the priest. He was the son of Zadok.Elihoreph and Ahijah were secretaries. They were the sons of Shisha. Jehoshaphat kept the records. He was the son of Ahilud.Benaiah was the commander in chief. He was the son of Jehoiada. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.Azariah was in charge of the local governors. He was the son of Nathan. Zabud was a priest. He was also the king’s adviser. He was the son of Nathan.Ahishar was in charge of the palace. Adoniram was in charge of those who were forced to work for the king. He was the son of Abda.Solomon had 12 local governors over the whole land of Israel. They provided supplies for the king and the royal family. Each governor had to provide supplies for one month out of each year.Here are their names and areas. Ben- Hur’s area was the hill country of Ephraim.Ben- Deker’s area was Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh and Elon Bethhanan.Ben- Hesed’s area was Arubboth. Sokoh and the whole land of Hepher were included in his area.Ben- Abinadab’s area was Naphoth Dor. He married Solomon’s daughter Taphath.Baana’s area was Taanach, Megiddo and the whole territory of Beth Shan. Beth Shan was next to Zarethan below Jezreel. Baana’s area reached from Beth Shan all the way to Abel Meholah. It also went across to Jokmeam. Baana was the son of Ahilud.Ben- Geber’s area was Ramoth Gilead. The settlements of Jair, the son of Manasseh, were included in his area in Gilead. The area of Argob in Bashan was also included. That area had 60 large cities that had high walls around them. The city gates were made secure with heavy bronze bars.Ahinadab’s area was Mahanaim. He was the son of Iddo.Ahimaaz’s area was Naphtali. He had married Basemath. She was Solomon’s daughter.Baana’s area was Asher and Aloth. He was the son of Hushai.Jehoshaphat’s area was Issachar. He was the son of Paruah.Shimei’s area was Benjamin. He was the son of Ela.Geber’s area was Gilead. He was the only governor over the area. He was the son of Uri. Gilead had been the country of Sihon and Og. Sihon had been king of the Amorites. Og had been king of Bashan.There were many people in Judah and Israel. In fact, they were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They ate, drank and were happy.Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines. He ruled as far as the border of Egypt. All those countries brought the gifts he required them to bring him. And Solomon ruled over those countries for his whole life.Here are the supplies Solomon required every day. five and a half tons of the finest flour 11 tons of mealten oxen that had been fed by hand 20 oxen that had been fed on grasslands 100 sheep and goats deer, antelopes and roebucks the finest birdsSolomon ruled over all the kingdoms that were west of the Euphrates River. He ruled from Tiphsah all the way to Gaza. And he had peace and rest on every side.While Solomon was king, Judah and Israel lived in safety. They were secure from Dan all the way to Beersheba. Everyone had their own vine and their own fig tree.Solomon had 4,000 spaces where he kept his chariot horses. He had a total of 12,000 horses.The local governors provided supplies for King Solomon. They provided them for all who ate at the king’s table. Each governor provided supplies for one month every year. The governors made sure the king had everything he needed.They also brought barley and straw for the chariot horses and the other horses. Each of the governors brought the amounts required of them. They brought them to the proper places.God made Solomon very wise. His understanding couldn’t even be measured. It was like the sand on the seashore. People can’t measure that either.Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the east. It was greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.Solomon was wiser than anyone else. He was wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite. He was wiser than Heman, Kalkol and Darda. They were the sons of Mahol. Solomon became famous in all the nations around him.He spoke 3,000 proverbs. He wrote 1,005 songs.He spoke about plants. He knew everything about them, from the cedar trees in Lebanon to the hyssop plants that grow out of walls. He spoke about animals and birds. He also spoke about reptiles and fish.The kings of all the world’s nations heard about how wise Solomon was. So they sent their people to listen to him.
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2 Chronicles 30 11
In spite of that, some people from Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun made themselves humble. They went to Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 17 2
He placed troops in all the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. He stationed some soldiers in Judah. He also put some in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
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2 Samuel 22 41
You made them turn their backs and run away. So I destroyed my enemies.
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2 Chronicles 17 14-2 Chronicles 17 16
Here is a list of them, family by family. From Judah there were commanders of groups of 1,000. One of them was Adnah. He commanded 300,000 fighting men.Another was Jehohanan. He commanded 280,000.Another was Amasiah, the son of Zikri. Amasiah commanded 200,000. He had offered to serve the Lord.
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Psalms 78:68-71
Instead, he chose to live in the tribe of Judah. He chose Mount Zion, which he loved.There he built his holy place as secure as the heavens. He built it to last forever, like the earth.He chose his servant David. He took him from the sheep pens.He brought him from tending sheep to be the shepherd of his people Jacob. He made him the shepherd of Israel, his special people.
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2 Samuel 5 3
All the elders of Israel came to see King David at Hebron. There the king made a covenant with them in front of the Lord. They anointed David as king over Israel.
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Numbers 10:14
The groups of the camp of Judah went first. They marched out under their flag. Nahshon was their commander. He was the son of Amminadab.
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Genesis 44:18-34
Then Judah went up to him. He said,“ Please, sir. Let me speak a word to you. Don’t be angry with me, even though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.You asked us,‘ Do you have a father or a brother?’We answered,‘ We have an old father. A young son was born to him when he was old. His brother is dead. He’s the only one of his mother’s sons left. And his father loves him.’“ Then you said to us,‘ Bring him down to me. I want to see him for myself.’We said to you,‘ The boy can’t leave his father. If he does, his father will die.’But you told us,‘ Your youngest brother must come down here with you. If he doesn’t, you won’t see my face again.’So we went back to my father. We told him what you had said.“ Then our father said,‘ Go back. Buy a little more food.’But we said,‘ We can’t go down. We’ll only go if our youngest brother goes there with us. We can’t even see the man’s face unless our youngest brother goes with us.’“ Your servant my father said to us,‘ You know that my wife had two sons by me.One of them went away from me. And I said,“ He must have been torn to pieces.” I haven’t seen him since.What if you take this one from me too and he is harmed? Then you would cause me to die as a sad old man. I would go down into the grave full of pain and suffering.’“ So now, what will happen if the boy isn’t with us when I go back to my father? His life depends on the boy’s life.When he sees that the boy isn’t with us, he’ll die. Because of us, he’ll go down into the grave as a sad old man.I promised my father I would keep the boy safe. I said,‘ Father, I’ll bring him back to you. If I don’t, you can put the blame on me for the rest of my life.’“ Now then, please let me stay here. Let me be your slave in place of the boy. Let the boy return with his brothers.How can I go back to my father if the boy isn’t with me? No! Don’t let me see the pain and suffering that would come to my father.”
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Ezekiel 21:29
The visions of your prophets are false. They use magic to try to find out what is going to happen to you. But their magic tricks are lies. The sword will strike the necks of you sinful people. You will be killed. The day for you to be punished has finally come. Your time is up.
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Numbers 1:27
The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.
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2 Chronicles 14 8
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah. They carried spears and large shields. There were 280,000 men from Benjamin. They were armed with bows and small shields. All these men were brave soldiers.
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Psalms 18:40-43
You made them turn their backs and run away. So I destroyed my enemies.They cried out for help. But there was no one to save them. They called out to the Lord. But he didn’t answer them.I beat them as fine as dust blown by the wind. I stomped on them like mud in the streets.You saved me when my own people attacked me. You made me the ruler over nations. People I didn’t know serve me now.
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Philippians 2:10-11
When the name of Jesus is spoken, everyone will kneel down to worship him. Everyone in heaven and on earth and under the earth will kneel down to worship him.Everyone’s mouth will say that Jesus Christ is Lord. And God the Father will receive the glory.
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Isaiah 9:7
There will be no limit to how great his authority is. The peace he brings will never end. He will rule on David’s throne and over his kingdom. He will make the kingdom strong and secure. His rule will be based on what is fair and right. It will last forever. The Lord’ s great love will make sure that happens. He rules over all.
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2 Chronicles 11 12-2 Chronicles 11 17
He put shields and spears in all those cities. He made them very strong. So he ruled over Judah and Benjamin.The priests and Levites were on Rehoboam’s side. They came from their territories all over Israel.The Levites even left their grasslands and other property behind. They came to Judah and Jerusalem. That’s because Jeroboam and his sons had refused to accept them as priests of the Lord.Jeroboam had appointed his own priests to serve at the high places. He had made statues of gods that looked like goats and calves. His priests served those gods.Some people from every tribe in Israel followed the Levites to Jerusalem. With all their hearts they wanted to worship the Lord. He is the God of Israel. They came to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to him. He was the God of their people of long ago.All those who came to Jerusalem made the kingdom of Judah strong. They helped Solomon’s son Rehoboam for three years. During that time they lived the way David and Solomon had lived.
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Revelation 5:5
Then one of the elders said to me,“ Do not cry! The Lion of the tribe of Judah has won the battle. He is the Root of David. He is able to break the seven seals and open the scroll.”
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Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah. But Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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Numbers 26:22
These were the families of Judah. The number of the men counted was 76,500.
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Hebrews 10:13
And since that time, he waits for his enemies to be put under his control.
