Judah

Judah is highlighted here as the single southern tribe David had already been ruling from Hebron — the limit of his authority before this moment, contrasting with the full unified kingdom he is now receiving.

Judah is paired with Benjamin here as the two tribes sending men to David's stronghold — Judah being David's own tribe, which makes the mixed delegation a moment of genuine uncertainty for him.

The tribe of Judah is singled out here as the chronicler's primary focus — not because the other tribes are unimportant, but because this is the lineage from which Israel's kings, and ultimately the Messiah, would descend.

The tribe of Judah is identified here as the family line under examination, the dominant tribe whose ancestry connects the patriarchs to Israel's greatest kings and ultimately to the Messiah.

Judah is the first tribal group listed among the returnees, contributing 690 households traced through prominent family lines back to Perez, Judah's son.

Judah is identified as the tribal territory being invaded — the Philistines have encamped at Socoh, deep inside Israelite land, making this a direct threat to God's people on their own soil.

Judah is the tribal and regional constituency whose loyalty will determine David's path to the throne — the people he is binding to himself through shared victory before any obligation existed.

Judah as a tribal territory is all Rehoboam has left — the people of this southern region are the only ones who remain under his rule after the catastrophic assembly at Shechem.

Judah is named here as the southern territory Rehoboam is fortifying — the larger of his two remaining tribal regions and the geographic backbone of his defensive building campaign.

Judah appears here as the people caught in Jeroboam's trap — surrounded on both sides — whose response of crying out to God rather than panicking becomes the turning point of the entire battle.

Judah here is the nation whose army pursues and completely annihilates the Ethiopian force — the same people who had been spiritually reformed by Asa now experiencing God's total military deliverance.

Judah is referenced here as the southern kingdom whose royal family had become entangled with Ahab's house through intermarriage, fatally connecting these forty-two relatives to a dynasty under divine judgment.

Judah's kings are assessed here against a recurring benchmark — the standard of David — and Amaziah's half-compliant reign illustrates the kingdom's pattern of settling for spiritual adequacy.

Judah is referenced here as the kingdom whose kings follow a recurring pattern — faithful in the broad strokes, but always leaving the High Places standing as a persistent spiritual compromise.

Judah as a kingdom is losing ground on every side here — the port of Elath gone, enemies at the gate — setting the desperate political context for Ahaz's deal with Assyria.

Judah is David's own tribe, and he's prodding them with a mix of family loyalty and gentle shame — asking why his closest relatives are the ones dragging their feet on restoring him.

Judah is the one tribe that remains loyal to David after Sheba's defection call, escorting the king all the way back to Jerusalem while the north walks away.

Judah is highlighted as the one tribe that had already recognized David's kingship, contrasted now with the arrival of all remaining tribes who complete the union.

Baale-Judah is the starting point of the Ark's procession — the territory of Judah, David's own tribe, is where God's presence has been waiting to be reclaimed.

Judah is used here as the term for the southern kingdom of God's own people, whose unique access to divine law makes their rejection of it the specific grounds for their condemnation in this passage.

Judah is the conquered nation whose brightest young people are being forcibly removed — the southern kingdom is suffering the consequences of its long drift from God.

Judah's blessing here is a prayer for God to personally fight alongside the tribe — pointing forward to its destiny as the royal messianic line that would carry God's greatest promises.

Judah is mentioned here as Bezalel's tribe, establishing his lineage — and the text notes that God drew lead craftsmen from different tribes, pairing southern Judah with northern Dan.

Judah is cited here as Bezalel's tribe — the text notes his lineage to establish that the master builder came from one of Israel's prominent southern tribes, paired intentionally with Oholiab from the northern tribe of Dan.