Judah

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Judah was an ancient Israelite kingdom in the southern Levant, centered around Jerusalem and prominent in biblical history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
ancient Judah 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age polity
ancient kingdom
biblical kingdom
archaeologicalSite City of David NERFINISHED
Lachish reliefs NERFINISHED
capital Jerusalem NERFINISHED
centralDeity Yahweh NERFINISHED
centralTo biblical narrative of the Davidic line
history of ancient Israel and Judah
conflictWith Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
conqueredBy Nebuchadnezzar II NERFINISHED
Neo-Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED
coreCity Jerusalem NERFINISHED
economy agriculture
pastoralism
trade
endDate 586 BCE
endEvent Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Israelites NERFINISHED
firstKing Rehoboam NERFINISHED
governmentType monarchy
historicalEra First Temple period NERFINISHED
Iron Age II NERFINISHED
importantCity Beersheba NERFINISHED
Bethlehem NERFINISHED
Hebron NERFINISHED
Lachish NERFINISHED
language Hebrew NERFINISHED
Judean Hebrew NERFINISHED
locatedIn ancient Near East NERFINISHED
southern Levant
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
namedAfter Judah son of Jacob NERFINISHED
tribe of Judah
notableKing David NERFINISHED
Hezekiah NERFINISHED
Jehoshaphat NERFINISHED
Josiah NERFINISHED
Solomon NERFINISHED
Uzziah NERFINISHED
partOf ancient Israel NERFINISHED
predecessor United Monarchy of Israel NERFINISHED
religion Yahwism
ancient Judaism
religiousCenter First Temple NERFINISHED
Temple in Jerusalem NERFINISHED
rulingDynasty House of David NERFINISHED
script Paleo-Hebrew script NERFINISHED
sharesBorderWith Ammon NERFINISHED
Edom NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
Moab NERFINISHED
Philistia NERFINISHED
startDate 10th century BCE
startEvent division of the united monarchy of Israel
successor Babylonian province of Yehud NERFINISHED
Yehud Medinata NERFINISHED
vassalOf Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED
Neo-Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED

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Book of Joel addresses Judah
Jehozadak associatedPlace Judah
Sheshbazzar (in some interpretations) associatedPlace Judah
subject surface form: Sheshbazzar
Ziza belongsToTribe Judah
patriarch Jacob child Judah
subject surface form: Jacob
Prophet Jacob fatherOf Judah
Mahlon fromRegion Judah
Ahithophel fromTribe Judah
Amon governedTerritory Judah
Yehuda hasAnglicizedForm Judah
Ziza hasGeographicContext Judah
Yehuda hasMeaning Judah
Attai isInRoyalLineOf Judah
Abijah kingdom Judah
Asa kingdom Judah
Yehuda linkedToTribe Judah
Jedidah livedIn Judah
Mahalath livedIn Judah
Eshtaol locatedIn Judah
Yehud Medinata locatedIn Judah
siege of Lachish location Judah
Genesis 37 mainCharacter Judah
Book of Amos mentions Judah
Book of Nahum mentions Judah
Genesis 49 mentions Judah
Psalm 114 mentions Judah
Psalm 83 mentionsEntity Judah
Psalm 76 mentionsPlace Judah
Prophet Uriah son of Shemaiah proclaimedMessageAgainst Judah
subject surface form: Uriah son of Shemaiah
Canaanite languages regionOfUse Judah
this entity surface form: ancient Judah
Uzziah reignOver Judah
לֵוִי sibling Judah
Binyamin siblingOf Judah
Abednego takenFrom Judah