Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands.

When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.

(He gave instructions that the people of Judah should be taught “The Bow.” Indeed, it is written down in the Book of Yashar.)

So Amasa went out to call Judah together. But in doing so he took longer than the time that the king had allotted him.

The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy.

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king over Judah.

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.

Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah and replaced him as king.

Zimri came in and struck him dead. (This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king.

In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit the king of Israel.

In the fourth year of King Ahab’s reign over Israel, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became king over Judah.

During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.

Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab.

The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.

The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.

Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah.

All of them were listed in the genealogical records in the time of King Jotham of Judah and in the time of King Jeroboam of Israel.

Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.