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- 1 Samuel 23:3
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But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
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- 1 Samuel 23:23
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Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
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- 1 Samuel 27:6
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That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
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- 1 Samuel 27:10
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who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
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- 1 Samuel 30:14
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We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
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- 1 Samuel 30:16
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So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
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- 1 Samuel 30:26
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When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
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- 2 Samuel 1:18
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and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
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- 2 Samuel 2:1
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Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
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- 2 Samuel 2:4
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Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
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- 2 Samuel 2:7
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Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
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- 2 Samuel 2:10
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Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
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- 2 Samuel 2:11
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And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
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- 2 Samuel 3:8
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Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
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- 2 Samuel 3:10
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to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
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- 2 Samuel 5:5
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In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
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- 2 Samuel 6:2
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And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
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- 2 Samuel 11:11
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Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
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- 2 Samuel 12:8
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I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
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- 2 Samuel 19:11
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Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
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Source alternate reference: 19.12
- 2 Samuel 19:14
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So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”
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Source alternate reference: 19.15
- 2 Samuel 19:15
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So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
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Source alternate reference: 19.16
- 2 Samuel 19:16
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Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
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Source alternate reference: 19.17
- 2 Samuel 19:40
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Then the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.
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Source alternate reference: 19.41
- 2 Samuel 19:41
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Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.42
- 2 Samuel 19:42
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And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.43
- 2 Samuel 19:43
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“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
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Source alternate reference: 19.44
- 2 Samuel 20:2
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So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Samuel 20:4
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Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
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- 2 Samuel 20:5
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So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
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- 2 Samuel 21:2
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At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
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- 2 Samuel 24:1
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Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
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- 2 Samuel 24:7
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They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
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- 2 Samuel 24:9
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And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
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- 1 Kings 1:9
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And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.
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- 1 Kings 1:35
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Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
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- 1 Kings 2:32
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The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
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- 1 Kings 4:20
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The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
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- 1 Kings 4:25
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Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
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Source alternate reference: 5.5
- 1 Kings 12:17
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but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
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- 1 Kings 12:20
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When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
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- 1 Kings 12:21
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And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
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- 1 Kings 12:23
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“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people
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- 1 Kings 12:27
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If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
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- 1 Kings 12:32
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And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
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- 1 Kings 13:1
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Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
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- 1 Kings 13:12
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“Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
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- 1 Kings 13:14
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and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
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- 1 Kings 13:21
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and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,
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- 1 Kings 14:21
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Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
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