<p class="poetry">from Judah, Nahshon<n id="1" /> son of Amminadab;p>

<p class="bodytext">Elihu, a brother of David, led Judah,p> <p class="bodytext">Omri son of Michael led Issachar,p>

Azariah<n id="1" /> built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king<n id="2" /> had passed away.<n id="3" />p>

He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.p>

He ordered Judah to seek the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors<n id="1" /> and to observe his law and commands.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The events of Asa&#8217;s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.<n id="1" />

Uzziah<n id="1" /> built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah<n id="2" /> had passed away.<n id="3" />p>

King Cyrus of Persia entrusted<n id="1" /> them to<n id="2" /> Mithredath<n id="3" /> the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar<n id="4" /> the leader of the Judahite exiles.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">After three months Judah was told,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution,<n id="2" /> and as a result she has become pregnant.&#8221;<n id="3" /> Judah said, &#8220;Bring her out and let her be burned!&#8221;

<t /><p class="poetry">And this is the blessing<n id="1" /> to Judah. He said,p> <p class="poetry">Listen, O <sc>Lordsc>, to Judah&#8217;s voice,p> <p class="poetry">and bring him to his people.p> <p class="poetry">May his power be great,p> <p class="poetry">and may you help him against his foes.p>

May your family<n id="1" /> become like the family of Perez<n id="2" /> &#8211; whom Tamar bore to Judah &#8211; through the descendants<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> gives you by this young woman.&#8221;p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">The Philistines gathered their troops<n id="2" /> for battle. They assembled at Socoh in Judah. They camped in Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.

We conducted a raid on the Negev of the Kerethites, on the area of Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb. We burned Ziklag.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Elijah was afraid,<n id="1" /> so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

But Amaziah would not heed the warning,<n id="1" /> so King Jehoash of Israel attacked.<n id="2" /> He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face<n id="3" /> in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s priests.

These were their divisions by families:p> <p class="bodytext">There were a thousand officers from Judah.<n id="1" /> Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors,

<p class="bodytext">When they began to shout and praise, the <sc>Lordsc> suddenly attacked<n id="1" /> the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir<n id="2" /> who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

So King Joash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other on the battlefield<n id="1" /> in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the <sc>Lordsc> God of his ancestors.p>