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ye.hu.dah H3063

יְהוּדָה (ye.hu.dah) means “Judah” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

יְהוּדָה Hebrew · H3063 820 tagged occurrences in 755 verses

Pronunciation guide: yeh-hoo-daw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3063G

יְהוּדָה · ye.hu.dah · Judah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.35; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); married to Bath-shua (H1323I) and Tamar (H8559); father of: Er (H6147), Onan (H0209), Shelah (H7956), Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I) § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

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TBESH · H3063H

יְהוּדָה · ye.hu.dah · Judah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23 § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

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TBESH · H3063I

יְהוּדָה · ye.hu.dah · Judah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.9; son of: Hassenuah (H5574) § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

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TBESH · H3063J

יְהוּדָה · ye.hu.dah · Judah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.8 § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

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TBESH · H3063K

יְהוּדָה · ye.hu.dah · Judah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.36; son of: Jonathan (H3129K); brother of: Zechariah (H2148Z), Shemaiah (H8098V), Azarel (H5832J), Milalai (H4450), Gilalai (H1562), Maai (H4597), Nethanel (H5417P) and Hanani (H2607K) § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

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TBESH · H3063L

יְהוּדָה · ye.hu.dah · Judah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.40; also called Hodevah at Neh.7.43; Judah at Ezr.3.9; Another name of ho.dav.yah (הוֹדַוְיָה "Hodaviah" H1938J) § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

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TBESH · H3063M

יְהוּדָה · ye.hu.dah · Judah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.8.7; also called Judah (NIV: Hodaviah) at Ezr.3.9; 1x Another name of ho.diy.yah (הוֹדִיָּה "Hodiah" H1941G) § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

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TBESH · H3063N

יְהוּדָה · ye.hu.dah · Judea

§ Judah = "praised" 1) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 2) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon

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TBESH · H3063O

יְהוּדָה · ye.hu.dah · (Baalah of)Judah

§ Judah = "praised" the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H3034 (יָדָה); celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

KJV glosses: Judah.

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How translators render H3063

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of judah	471
judah	125
in judah	46
and judah	42
over judah	21
from judah	17
to judah	8
against judah	6
o judah	6
the people of judah	6
when judah	5
but judah	4
then judah	4
judahs	3
so judah	3
of judahs	2
then the men of judah	2
throughout judah	2
and cause judah	1
and for judahs	1
and had led judah	1
and have caused judah	1
and i will hand judah	1
and judahites	1
and some men from judah	1
belonging to judah	1
belongs to judah	1
concerning judah	1
even judah	1
for judahs	1
has caused judah	1
he had caused judah	1
into judah	1
it in judah	1
it to judah	1
judah is	1
judah will be first	1
may judah	1
meanwhile the people of judah	1
now judah	1
now when judah	1
of judah however	1
of the judahites	1
of yehudah	1
people in judah	1
people of judah	1
sent judah	1
so the people of judah	1
son of judah	1
that of judah	1
the men of judah	1
the territory of judah	1
to the people of judah	1
upon judah	1
when the men of judah	1
with judah	1
you people of judah	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of judah	509
and judah	58
judah	57
in judah	24
to judah	13
and all judah	11
against judah	9
over judah	9
all judah	8
from judah	6
of bethlehemjudah	4
out of judah	4
throughout all judah	4
upon judah	4
and to judah	3
for judah	3
into judah	3
o judah	3
unto judah	3
also judah	2
and against judah	2
and in judah	2
and of judah	2
and over judah	2
and when judah	2
but judah	2
concerning judah	2
from bethlehemjudah	2
it to judah	2
judahs	2
of judahs	2
out of bethlehemjudah	2
thou and judah	2
through judah	2
to bethlehemjudah	2
with judah	2
also against judah	1
also in judah	1
also o judah	1
also of judah	1
and also in judah	1
and concerning judah	1
and for all judah	1
and for judah	1
and from judah	1
and hast made judah	1
and of all judah	1
and out of judah	1
and unto all judah	1
any more in judah	1
between judah	1
both against judah	1
came upon judah	1
having judah	1
here in judah	1
him and hath made judah	1
i in judah	1
it in judah	1
let not judah	1
me o judah	1
me unto judah	1
nor judah	1
of all judah	1
out of all judah	1
shall judah	1
so judah	1
that judah	1
them against judah	1
then judah	1
throughout judah	1
thus judah	1
to cause judah	1
unto thee o judah	1
upon him and upon judah	1
upon it for judah	1
was upon judah	1
was with judah	1
when judah	1
wherewith he made judah	1
which against judah	1
with me in judah	1
with you o judah	1
ye all judah	1
ye in judah	1

Verses containing H3063

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2 Chronicles 32:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
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2 Chronicles 32:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
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2 Chronicles 32:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:
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2 Chronicles 32:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
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2 Chronicles 32:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
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2 Chronicles 32:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 32:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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2 Chronicles 32:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
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2 Chronicles 33:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
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2 Chronicles 33:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
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2 Chronicles 33:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 34:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
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2 Chronicles 34:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 34:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 34:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.
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2 Chronicles 34:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
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2 Chronicles 34:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
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2 Chronicles 34:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
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2 Chronicles 34:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 34:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 35:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 35:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”
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2 Chronicles 35:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
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2 Chronicles 35:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
his acts from beginning to end—they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
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2 Chronicles 36:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
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2 Chronicles 36:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
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2 Chronicles 36:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 36:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
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Ezra 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
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Ezra 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
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Ezra 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
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Ezra 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
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Ezra 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
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Ezra 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.
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Ezra 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
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Ezra 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
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Ezra 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
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Ezra 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
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Ezra 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.
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Ezra 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
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Ezra 10:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
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Nehemiah 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
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Nehemiah 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
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Nehemiah 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
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Source alternate reference: 4.4
Nehemiah 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
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Source alternate reference: 4.10
Nehemiah 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
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Nehemiah 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”
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Nehemiah 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them.
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Nehemiah 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
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