There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.

The people of Judah assembled to ask for the Lord’s help; they came from all the cities of Judah to ask for the Lord’s help.

from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

This is the land assigned to the tribe of Judah by its clans:

Some of the Judean divisions of the Levites settled in Benjamin.

Going after them were Hoshaiah, half the leaders of Judah,

Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.

The Lord told me to say to the royal court of Judah, “Listen to what the Lord says,

They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.

I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.

After some time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah was consoled, he left for Timnah to visit his sheepshearers, along with his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

“Now those who will be camping on the east, toward the sunrise, are the divisions of the camp of Judah under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.

Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion, for Judah’s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah.

“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people,

King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.

In the fifth year of the reign of Israel’s King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king over Judah.

and the men of Judah gave the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, the Lord struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

He also built high places on the hills of Judah; he encouraged the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord and led Judah away from the Lord.