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Lexicon :: Strong's H3063 - yᵊhûḏâ

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יְהוּדָה
Transliteration
yᵊhûḏâ
Pronunciation
yeh-hoo-daw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 850c

Strong’s Definitions

יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'; from H3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory:—Judah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 818x

The KJV translates Strong's H3063 in the following manner: Judah (808x), Bethlehemjudah (with H1035) (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 818x
The KJV translates Strong's H3063 in the following manner: Judah (808x), Bethlehemjudah (with H1035) (10x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'; from H3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory:—Judah.
STRONGS H3063: Abbreviations
יְהוּדָה 820 proper name, masculine and of a territory Judah (treated Genesis 29:35; Genesis 49:8 (which see below) as if derived from Hoph. of ידה = praised, object of praise (on ה compare Hiph. אֲהוֺדֶ֑נּוּ Psalm 28:7, יְהוֺדֶה Nehemiah 11:17), but this dubious; relation to יְהֻד, II. יְהוּדִית : unexplained; see further JastrJBL xii, 1898, 61 ff.; Assyrian Ia-u-du, of land; Ia-u-da-ai, Judaean COTGloss) —
I. proper name, masculine
1. son of Jacob and Leah, explained by Leah's words I will praise י׳ Genesis 29:35 (J); compare Jacob's prediction, thy brethren shall praise thee Genesis 49:8 (poem in J E), see also Genesis 49:9; Genesis 49:10; elsewhere Genesis 37:26; Genesis 38:1 + 14 times Genesis 38; Genesis 43:3, 8; Genesis 44:14, 16, 18; Genesis 46:28 (all J), Genesis 35:23 (P), 1 Chronicles 2:1, 3; Ruth 4:12; בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה sons of Judah Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19 (P), 1 Chronicles 2:3, 4; 1 Chronicles 4:1.
2. tribe descended from Judah Deuteronomy 33:7 (poem), Numbers 1:7 (P), Deuteronomy 27:12 +; בְּנֵי יהודה Numbers 1:26; Joshua 14:6 (D), Judges 1:8 +; שֵׁבֶט יהודה Joshua 7:16 (J), 1 Kings 12:20; 2 Kings 17:18; Psalm 78:68; מַטֵּה בְנֵי יהודה Joshua 15:1, 20, 21; Joshua 21:9 (all P), 1 Chronicles 6:50; elsewhere מַטֵּה יהודה Exodus 31:2; Exodus 35:30; Exodus 38:22; Numbers 1:27; Numbers 7:12; Numbers 13:6; Numbers 34:19; Joshua 7:1, 18; Joshua 21:4 (all P); אישׁ יהודה Judges 15:20 +; אנשׁי יהודה 2 Samuel 2:4 +, (compare amelûti [ṣabê] Ia-u-du Tel el-AmarnaNo. 39 JastrJBL xii, 1893, 64).
3. nation, of southern kingdom under dynasty of David, as distinguished from northern kingdom of Ephraim or Israel: Hosea 4:15; Jeremiah 2:28; 2 Chronicles 12:12 +; of the returned exiles Nehemiah 4:4; עַם יהודה 2 Kings 14:21 2 Chronicles 26:1; Jeremiah 25:1, 2; Ezra 4:4; בְּנֵי יהודה Hosea 2:2; Jeremiah 7:30; 2 Chronicles 13:18; 25:12; 28:10; בֵּית יהודה Hosea 1:7; Jeremiah 3:18; Ezekiel 4:6 +; מַלְכוּת יהודה 2 Chronicles 11:17; personified, בַּת י׳ Lamentations 1:15; Lamentations 2:2, 5.
4. Levite, Ezra's time, Ezra 10:23.
5. an over-seer of Jerusalem Nehemiah 11:9.
6. Levite musician Nehemiah 12:8.
7. priest Nehemiah 12:36.
II. proper name, of a territory land of Judah, feminine Isaiah 7:6; Jeremiah 23:6 = Jeremiah 33:16; Jo 4:30; Psalm 114:2 +; ארץ יְהוּדָה 1 Samuel 22:5; 2 Kings 23:24 +; אדמת יהודה Isaiah 19:17; עָרֵי יהודה 2 Samuel 2:1; 1 Kings 12:17; 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 23:5, 8; Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 44:26; Zechariah 1:12; Psalm 69:36; Lamentations 5:11; elsewhere + 15 times Chronicles, + 23 times Jeremiah; בִּיהודה Judges 15:9 +; מיהודה 1 Kings 13:1 +; הר יהודה the hill-country of Judah Joshua 11:21(D), Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:11 (P), 2 Chronicles 27:4; נֶגֶב יהודה the south (country) of Judah 1 Samuel 27:10; 2 Samuel 24:7; מדבר יהודה Judges 1:16; Psalm 63:1 (title).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3061.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:35; 29:35; 35:23; 37:26; 38; 38:1; 43:3; 43:8; 44:14; 44:16; 44:18; 46:12; 46:28; 49:8; 49:8; 49:9; 49:10

Exodus

31:2; 35:30; 38:22

Numbers

1:7; 1:26; 1:27; 7:12; 13:6; 26:19; 34:19

Deuteronomy

27:12; 33:7

Joshua

7:1; 7:16; 7:18; 11:21; 14:6; 15:1; 15:20; 15:21; 20:7; 21:4; 21:9; 21:11

Judges

1:8; 1:16; 15:9; 15:20

Ruth

4:12

1 Samuel

22:5; 27:10

2 Samuel

2:1; 2:4; 24:7

1 Kings

12:17; 12:20; 13:1

2 Kings

14:21; 17:18; 18:13; 23:5; 23:8; 23:24

1 Chronicles

2:1; 2:3; 2:3; 2:4; 4:1; 6:50

2 Chronicles

11:17; 12:12; 13:18; 25:12; 26:1; 27:4; 28:10

Ezra

4:4; 10:23

Nehemiah

4:4; 11:9; 11:17; 12:8; 12:36

Psalms

28:7; 63:1; 69:36; 78:68; 114:2

Isaiah

7:6; 19:17; 40:9; 44:26

Jeremiah

2:28; 3:18; 7:30; 23:6; 25:1; 25:2; 33:16

Lamentations

1:15; 2:2; 2:5; 5:11

Ezekiel

4:6

Hosea

1:7; 2:2; 4:15

Zechariah

1:12

H3063

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Strong's Number H3063 matches the Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yᵊhûḏâ),
which occurs 819 times in 754 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 16 (1Sa 23:3–1Ki 14:22)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:3 - And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: H3063 how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23 - 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. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:6 - Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah H3063 unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, H3063 and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, H3063 and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:16 - And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:26 - And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, H3063 even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah H3063 the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:1 - And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? H3063 And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - And the men of Judah H3063 came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. H3063 And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:7 - Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah H3063 have anointed me king over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah H3063 followed David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:11 - And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah H3063 was seven years and six months.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah H3063 do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, H3063 from Dan even to Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - In Hebron he reigned over Judah H3063 seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, H3063 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; H3063 and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:11 - And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, H3063 saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:14 - And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, H3063 even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:15 - So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah H3063 came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:16 - And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah H3063 to meet king David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:40

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:40 - Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah H3063 conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41 - And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah H3063 stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:42

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:42 - And all the men of Judah H3063 answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, H3063 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 H3063 were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:2 - So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah H3063 clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:4 - Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah H3063 within three days, and be thou here present.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:5 - So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: H3063 but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - 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.) H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 - And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, H3063 even to Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9 - 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 H3063 were five hundred thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 - And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah H3063 the king's servants:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - 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. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - Judah H3063 and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - And Judah H3063 and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:17 - But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, H3063 Rehoboam reigned over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 - And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah H3063 only.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 - And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, H3063 with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23 - Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, H3063 and unto all the house of Judah H3063 and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27 - 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, H3063 and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, H3063 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 - And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah H3063 by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12 - And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:14 - And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? H3063 And he said, I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, H3063 saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21 - And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. H3063 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:22 - And Judah H3063 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.

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