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• BaruchPeople

  Baruch was the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah in the final years of the southern kingdom of Judah. He wrote on a scroll the prophecies Jeremiah dictated and read them aloud to the people in the temple.

• Eglon (City)Bible

  Eglon was a city in the lowland of southern Canaan. In Joshua 10 it joined an alliance of five Amorite kings and was conquered by Joshua. It later became part of the territory of the tribe of Judah.

• MahalathPeople

  Mahalath is the name of two women in the Old Testament. It most often refers to the wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, who was a granddaughter of David (2 Chronicles 11:18). A second woman of the same name was a daughter of Ishmael who became the wife of Esau (Genesis 28:9).

• AzurPeople

  Azur is a Gibeonite mentioned in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah as the father of Hananiah, a false prophet active during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.

• Amos (Prophet)People

  Amos was an Old Testament prophet, a herdsman from Tekoa in Judah, who proclaimed God's judgment and justice to the northern kingdom of Israel during the reigns of Uzziah and Jeroboam II. He is the central figure of the Old Testament Book of Amos.

• ConaniahPeople

  Conaniah was the chief Levite who took charge of the offerings, tithes, and dedicated things gathered in the temple storerooms during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah. He appears in 2 Chronicles 31:12–13.

• Hezekiah's TunnelBible

  Hezekiah's Tunnel is an underground water channel in Jerusalem, generally thought to have been cut through rock during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah to carry water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam inside the city. It is also called the Siloam Tunnel.

• Hezekiah's TunnelBible

  Hezekiah's Tunnel is a rock-cut tunnel that Hezekiah, king of Judah, is believed to have dug to bring the waters of the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem in preparation for an Assyrian invasion. Today it is also called the Siloam Tunnel.

• Sheba (Son of Bichri)People

  Sheba son of Bichri was a Benjamite who appears in 2 Samuel 20. Shortly after Absalom's rebellion, he rose up against David but was killed by the inhabitants of the city of Abel-beth-maachah.

• JehoshebaPeople

  Jehosheba was the daughter of King Jehoram of Judah and the sister of King Ahaziah. When Athaliah killed the royal family, she hid the young Joash and saved his life. In 2 Chronicles she is called "Jehoshabeath."

• 2 Kings 14Bible

  2 Kings 14 records the reign of Amaziah king of Judah and his defeat at Beth-shemesh, along with the reigns of Jehoash and Jeroboam II, kings of Israel. It reports that Jeroboam II restored Israel's territory in accordance with the word of the prophet Jonah.

• 2 Kings 23Bible

  2 Kings 23 records the reforms of King Josiah of Judah, who renewed the covenant according to the newly discovered book of the covenant, removed idols and high places, and kept the Passover. The chapter then recounts Josiah's death at Megiddo and the accession of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim.

• Isaiah 36Bible

  Isaiah 36 records the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib king of Assyria and the scene in which his official, the Rabshakeh, stands before Jerusalem, demands the surrender of Hezekiah and the people, and insults the LORD.

• Daniel (Prophet)People

  Daniel was a man of Judah who, according to the Bible, served in the royal court during the Babylonian exile. He is the central figure of the Book of Daniel and is widely known for interpreting dreams and for his deliverance from the lions' den.

• 2 Chronicles 22Bible

  2 Chronicles 22 recounts the one-year reign of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and his death at the hands of Jehu. It then tells how the young Joash was hidden in the temple while Ahaziah's mother, Athaliah, killed the royal family and seized the throne.

• 2 Kings 20Bible

  This chapter records how Hezekiah, king of Judah, fell ill and through prayer received fifteen more years of life; how he saw the sign of the sun's shadow going backward; how he showed his treasures to envoys from Babylon and then heard the prediction of captivity; and how he died.

• 2 Chronicles 25Bible

  2 Chronicles 25 recounts the reign of Amaziah, king of Judah. After defeating Edom, he worships the gods of Edom and provokes Joash, king of Israel, to battle, only to be defeated. The chapter closes with his death in a conspiracy.

• JerusalemBible

  Jerusalem is a city in the hill country of Judah. David made it his capital and Solomon built the temple there, making it the center of Israel's faith. Jesus was crucified and rose again there, and at the close of the Bible it becomes the symbol of the "New Jerusalem."

• Ezra 1Bible

  Ezra 1 records how Cyrus king of Persia, in his first year, issued a decree permitting the exiles of Judah to return to Jerusalem and build the temple, and how he returned to Sheshbazzar the temple vessels that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away.

• ZiklagBible

  Ziklag was a town in the Negev region of southern Judah. Achish king of Gath gave it to David, who used it as his base while taking refuge in Philistine territory from Saul. It is known as the town raided by the Amalekites.