
The Kingdom of Judah (Hebrew language מַלְכוּת יְהוּדָה, Standard Hebrew ''Malḫut Yəhuda'', Tiberian Hebrew ''Malḵûṯ Yəhûḏāh'') in the times of the Hebrew Bible, was the nation formed from the territories of the tribes of Tribe of Judah, Tribe of Simeon and Tribe of Benjamin after the Kingdom of Israel was divided, and was named after Judah son of Jacob (Israel). The name Judah itself means ''Praise of Elohim''. Judah is often referred to as the Southern Kingdom to distinguish it from the Northern Kingdom (being the Kingdom of Israel) after the division of the Kingdom. Its capital was Jerusalem. See History of ancient Israel and Judah. When the disruption took place at Shechem, at first only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. But very soon after the tribe of Benjamin joined the tribe of Judah, and Jerusalem became the capital of the new kingdom (Book of Joshua 18:28), which was called the kingdom of Judah. For the first sixty years the kings of Judah aimed at re-establishing their authority over the kingdom of the other ten tribes, so that there was a state of perpetual war between them. For the following eighty years there was no open war between them. For the most part they were in friendly alliance, co-operating against their common enemies, especially against Damascus. For about another century and a half Judah had a somewhat checkered existence after the termination of the kingdom of Israel till its final overthrow in the destruction of the temple (586 BC) by Nebuzar-adan, who was captain of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon's body-guard (Books of Kings 25:8-21). The kingdom maintained a separate existence for three hundred and eighty-nine years. It occupied an area of 1 E9 m² (3,435 square miles). This article is about what the Bible says. For how this relates to history, see the Bible and history. ==The kings of Judah== For this period, most historians follow either the chronology established by William F. Albright or Edwin R. Thiele, both of which are shown below. All dates are BC. {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" !Albright dates !Thiele dates !Common/Biblical Name !width=35%|Regnal name and style !Notes |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |922 BC–915 BC |931 BC–913 BC |Rehoboam |רחבעם בן-שלמה מלך יהודה
Rehoboam, Melekh Yehudah |Hitherto king of Israel |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |915 BC–913 BC |913 BC–911 BC |Abijam |אבים בן-רחבעם מלך יהודה
Abijam, Melekh Yehudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |913 BC–873 BC |911 BC–870 BC |Asa of Judah |אסא בן-אבים מלך יהודה
Asa of Judah, Melekh Yehudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |873 BC–849 BC |870 BC–848 BC |Jehoshaphat |יהושפט בן-אסא מלך יהודה
Jehoshaphat, Melekh Yahudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |849 BC–842 BC |848 BC–841 BC |Jehoram of Judah |יהורם בן-יהושפט מלך יהודה
Jehoram of Judah, Melekh Yahudah |Killed |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |842 BC–842 BC |841 BC–841 BC |Ahaziah of Judah |אחזיהו בן-יהורם מלך יהודה
Ahaziah of Judah, Melekh Yehudah |Killed by Yehu, King of Israel |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |842 BC–837 BC |841 BC–835 BC |Athaliah |עתליה בת-עמרי מלכת יהודה
Athaliah, Malkat Yehudah |Queen Mother, wife of Jehoram; died in a ''coup'' |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |837 BC–800 BC |835 BC–796 BC |Jehoash of Judah |יהואש בן-אחזיהו מלך יהודה
Jehoash of Judah, Melekh Yehudah |Killed by his servants |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |800 BC–783 BC |796 BC–767 BC |Amaziah of Judah |אמציה בן-יהואש מלך יהודה
Amaziah of Judah, Melekh Yehudah |Assassinated |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |783 BC–742 BC |767 BC–740 BC |Uzziah of Judah
(Uzziah of Judah) |עזיה בן-אמציה מלך יהודה
Uzziah of Judah, Melekh Yehudah
עזריה בן-אמציה מלך יהודה
Uzziah of Judah, Melekh Yehudah |George Syncellus wrote that the Olympic Games took place in Uzziah's 48th regnal year |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |742 BC–735 BC |740 BC–732 BC |Jotham of Judah |יותם בן-עזיה מלך יהודה
Jotham of Judah, Melekh Yehudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |735 BC–715 BC |732 BC–716 BC |Ahaz |אחז בן-יותם מלך יהודה
Ahaz, Melekh Yehudah |The Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III records he received tribute from Ahaz; compare 2 Kings 16:7-9; Fate unknown |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |715 BC–687 BC |716 BC–687 BC |Hezekiah |חזקיה בן-אחז מלך יהודה
Hezekiah, Melekh Yehudah |Contemporary with Sennacherib of Assyria, and Merodach-baladan of Babylon (but ''see #Notes'', below) |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |687 BC–642 BC |687 BC–643 BC |Manasseh of Judah |מנשה בן-חזקיה מלך יהודה
Manasseh of Judah, Melekh Yehudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |642 BC–640 BC |643 BC–641 BC |Amon of Judah |אמון בן-מנשה מלך יהודה
Amon of Judah, Melekh Yehudah |Assassinated |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |640 BC–609 BC |641 BC–609 BC |Josiah |יאשיהו בן-אמון מלך יהודה
Josiah, Melekh Yehudah |Died in battle against Necho II of Egypt. |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |609 BC |609 BC |Jehoahaz of Judah
(Jehoahaz) |יהואחז בן-יאשיהו מלך יהודה
Jehoahaz of Judah, Melekh Yehudah
אחז בן-יאשיהו מלך יהודה
Jehoahaz of Judah, Melekh Yehudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |609 BC–598 BC |609 BC–598 BC |Jehoiakim |יהויקים בן-יהואחז מלך יהודה
Jehoiakim, Melekh Yehudah |The Battle of Carchemish occurred in the fourth year of his reign (Book of Jeremiah 46:2) |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |598 BC |598 BC |Jehoiachin
(Jehoiachin) |יהויכין בן-יהויקים מלך יהודה
Jehoiachin, Melekh Yehudah
יכניהו בן-יהויקים מלך יהודה
Jehoiachin, Melekh Yehudah |Perhaps reigned from March to May as Books of Chronicles 36:10 suggests. Called 'Jeconiah' in Book of Jeremiah and Book of Esther |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |597 BC–587 BC |597 BC–586 BC |Zedekiah |צדקיהו בן-יהויכין מלך יהודה
Zedekiah, Melekh Yehudah |The last king of Judah. Deposed, blinded and sent into exile; fate unknown. ''See #Notes'', below. |} === Notes === 1. Hezekiah: contemporary with Sennacherib of Assyria, and Merodach-baladan of Babylon. There is some question whether these kings can provide a reliable synchronism for his reign: Al-Biruni and Bar-Hebraeus mention a "King Sennacherib the Less" as well. Furthermore, there was another king named Merodakh Baladan ben Baladan, also known as Mardokempad. (Ptolemy assumed, without any reason, that Mordac Empadus was contemporary with King Hezekiah.) These two Baladans remained pretenders during Sennacherib's reign, therefore it is not easy to identify their regnal years as Ptolemy attempted. According to Robert R. Newton (''The Crime of Claudius Ptolemy'', 1977), this ancient scholar frequently attributed some observations to certain years of some kings for the sake of simplicity in his tabulation, but those were not part of the original observations. Newton also asserts Ptolemy often contrived astronomical data in order to support his own theories. 2. Zedekiah: rebelled twice - in the first rebellion (597 BC), Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem, and took most of its leaders into Babylonian captivity of Judah. In the second rebellion (588 BC–586 BC), Jerusalem was captured after a lengthy siege, the temple burnt, Zedekiah taken into exile and Judah was reduced to a province. Nebuchadnezzar had left Gedaliah as his governor, who was killed in one last revolt, and the few members of the ruling classes left from the kingdom of Judah took the prophets Jeremiah (prophet) and Baruch with them as they fled to sanctuary in Egypt. ==From the end of the Kingdom to Present Time== After the end of the ancient kingdom the area passed into foreign rule, apart from brief periods, under the following powers:- 587 BC–c. 539 BC: Iranns 332 BC–305 BC: Macedonians 305 BC–141 BC: Seleucids 141 BC–63 BC: The Hasmonean State in Palestine (region) 63 BC–37 BC: Roman province of Judaea 37 BC–44: The Herodian Kingdom of Judaea 44: Roman province of Judaea 44–93: The Herodian Kingdom of Judaea 44–395: Roman Empire 395–634: Byzantine Empire 634–1516: Caliphate with Crusader state intervals 1516–1917: Ottoman Empire Turks 1918–1948: British Empire under League of Nations mandate May 1948 to present: independent Israel ==See Also== *Kingdom of Israel *Israel *Judah Ancient Israel and Judah Former monarchies
Just to let everyone know - I know the list of Kings is not completely tabulated yet - I thought I would wait to see how the dispute over the Kingdom of Israel list panned out before I continued with it. --User:JohnArmagh 10:02, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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The Kingdom of Judah (Hebrew language מַלְכוּת יְהוּדָה, Standard Hebrew ''Malḫut Yəhuda'', Tiberian Hebrew ''Malḵûṯ Yəhûḏāh'') in the times of the Hebrew Bible, was the nation formed from the territories of the tribes of Tribe of Judah, Tribe of Simeon and Tribe of Benjamin after the Kingdom of Israel was divided, and was named after Judah son of Jacob (Israel). The name Judah itself means ''Praise of Elohim''. Judah is often referred to as the Southern Kingdom to distinguish it from the Northern Kingdom (being the Kingdom of Israel) after the division of the Kingdom. Its capital was Jerusalem. See History of ancient Israel and Judah. When the disruption took place at Shechem, at first only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. But very soon after the tribe of Benjamin joined the tribe of Judah, and Jerusalem became the capital of the new kingdom (Book of Joshua 18:28), which was called the kingdom of Judah. For the first sixty years the kings of Judah aimed at re-establishing their authority over the kingdom of the other ten tribes, so that there was a state of perpetual war between them. For the following eighty years there was no open war between them. For the most part they were in friendly alliance, co-operating against their common enemies, especially against Damascus. For about another century and a half Judah had a somewhat checkered existence after the termination of the kingdom of Israel till its final overthrow in the destruction of the temple (586 BC) by Nebuzar-adan, who was captain of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon's body-guard (Books of Kings 25:8-21). The kingdom maintained a separate existence for three hundred and eighty-nine years. It occupied an area of 1 E9 m² (3,435 square miles). This article is about what the Bible says. For how this relates to history, see the Bible and history. ==The kings of Judah== For this period, most historians follow either the chronology established by William F. Albright or Edwin R. Thiele, both of which are shown below. All dates are BC. {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" !Albright dates !Thiele dates !Common/Biblical Name !width=35%|Regnal name and style !Notes |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |922 BC–915 BC |931 BC–913 BC |Rehoboam |רחבעם בן-שלמה מלך יהודה
Rehoboam, Melekh Yehudah |Hitherto king of Israel |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |915 BC–913 BC |913 BC–911 BC |Abijam |אבים בן-רחבעם מלך יהודה
Abijam, Melekh Yehudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |913 BC–873 BC |911 BC–870 BC |Asa of Judah |אסא בן-אבים מלך יהודה
Asa of Judah, Melekh Yehudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |873 BC–849 BC |870 BC–848 BC |Jehoshaphat |יהושפט בן-אסא מלך יהודה
Jehoshaphat, Melekh Yahudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |849 BC–842 BC |848 BC–841 BC |Jehoram of Judah |יהורם בן-יהושפט מלך יהודה
Jehoram of Judah, Melekh Yahudah |Killed |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |842 BC–842 BC |841 BC–841 BC |Ahaziah of Judah |אחזיהו בן-יהורם מלך יהודה
Ahaziah of Judah, Melekh Yehudah |Killed by Yehu, King of Israel |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |842 BC–837 BC |841 BC–835 BC |Athaliah |עתליה בת-עמרי מלכת יהודה
Athaliah, Malkat Yehudah |Queen Mother, wife of Jehoram; died in a ''coup'' |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |837 BC–800 BC |835 BC–796 BC |Jehoash of Judah |יהואש בן-אחזיהו מלך יהודה
Jehoash of Judah, Melekh Yehudah |Killed by his servants |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |800 BC–783 BC |796 BC–767 BC |Amaziah of Judah |אמציה בן-יהואש מלך יהודה
Amaziah of Judah, Melekh Yehudah |Assassinated |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |783 BC–742 BC |767 BC–740 BC |Uzziah of Judah
(Uzziah of Judah) |עזיה בן-אמציה מלך יהודה
Uzziah of Judah, Melekh Yehudah
עזריה בן-אמציה מלך יהודה
Uzziah of Judah, Melekh Yehudah |George Syncellus wrote that the Olympic Games took place in Uzziah's 48th regnal year |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |742 BC–735 BC |740 BC–732 BC |Jotham of Judah |יותם בן-עזיה מלך יהודה
Jotham of Judah, Melekh Yehudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |735 BC–715 BC |732 BC–716 BC |Ahaz |אחז בן-יותם מלך יהודה
Ahaz, Melekh Yehudah |The Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III records he received tribute from Ahaz; compare 2 Kings 16:7-9; Fate unknown |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |715 BC–687 BC |716 BC–687 BC |Hezekiah |חזקיה בן-אחז מלך יהודה
Hezekiah, Melekh Yehudah |Contemporary with Sennacherib of Assyria, and Merodach-baladan of Babylon (but ''see #Notes'', below) |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |687 BC–642 BC |687 BC–643 BC |Manasseh of Judah |מנשה בן-חזקיה מלך יהודה
Manasseh of Judah, Melekh Yehudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |642 BC–640 BC |643 BC–641 BC |Amon of Judah |אמון בן-מנשה מלך יהודה
Amon of Judah, Melekh Yehudah |Assassinated |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |640 BC–609 BC |641 BC–609 BC |Josiah |יאשיהו בן-אמון מלך יהודה
Josiah, Melekh Yehudah |Died in battle against Necho II of Egypt. |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |609 BC |609 BC |Jehoahaz of Judah
(Jehoahaz) |יהואחז בן-יאשיהו מלך יהודה
Jehoahaz of Judah, Melekh Yehudah
אחז בן-יאשיהו מלך יהודה
Jehoahaz of Judah, Melekh Yehudah | |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |609 BC–598 BC |609 BC–598 BC |Jehoiakim |יהויקים בן-יהואחז מלך יהודה
Jehoiakim, Melekh Yehudah |The Battle of Carchemish occurred in the fourth year of his reign (Book of Jeremiah 46:2) |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |598 BC |598 BC |Jehoiachin
(Jehoiachin) |יהויכין בן-יהויקים מלך יהודה
Jehoiachin, Melekh Yehudah
יכניהו בן-יהויקים מלך יהודה
Jehoiachin, Melekh Yehudah |Perhaps reigned from March to May as Books of Chronicles 36:10 suggests. Called 'Jeconiah' in Book of Jeremiah and Book of Esther |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |597 BC–587 BC |597 BC–586 BC |Zedekiah |צדקיהו בן-יהויכין מלך יהודה
Zedekiah, Melekh Yehudah |The last king of Judah. Deposed, blinded and sent into exile; fate unknown. ''See #Notes'', below. |} === Notes === 1. Hezekiah: contemporary with Sennacherib of Assyria, and Merodach-baladan of Babylon. There is some question whether these kings can provide a reliable synchronism for his reign: Al-Biruni and Bar-Hebraeus mention a "King Sennacherib the Less" as well. Furthermore, there was another king named Merodakh Baladan ben Baladan, also known as Mardokempad. (Ptolemy assumed, without any reason, that Mordac Empadus was contemporary with King Hezekiah.) These two Baladans remained pretenders during Sennacherib's reign, therefore it is not easy to identify their regnal years as Ptolemy attempted. According to Robert R. Newton (''The Crime of Claudius Ptolemy'', 1977), this ancient scholar frequently attributed some observations to certain years of some kings for the sake of simplicity in his tabulation, but those were not part of the original observations. Newton also asserts Ptolemy often contrived astronomical data in order to support his own theories. 2. Zedekiah: rebelled twice - in the first rebellion (597 BC), Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem, and took most of its leaders into Babylonian captivity of Judah. In the second rebellion (588 BC–586 BC), Jerusalem was captured after a lengthy siege, the temple burnt, Zedekiah taken into exile and Judah was reduced to a province. Nebuchadnezzar had left Gedaliah as his governor, who was killed in one last revolt, and the few members of the ruling classes left from the kingdom of Judah took the prophets Jeremiah (prophet) and Baruch with them as they fled to sanctuary in Egypt. ==From the end of the Kingdom to Present Time== After the end of the ancient kingdom the area passed into foreign rule, apart from brief periods, under the following powers:- 587 BC–c. 539 BC: Iranns 332 BC–305 BC: Macedonians 305 BC–141 BC: Seleucids 141 BC–63 BC: The Hasmonean State in Palestine (region) 63 BC–37 BC: Roman province of Judaea 37 BC–44: The Herodian Kingdom of Judaea 44: Roman province of Judaea 44–93: The Herodian Kingdom of Judaea 44–395: Roman Empire 395–634: Byzantine Empire 634–1516: Caliphate with Crusader state intervals 1516–1917: Ottoman Empire Turks 1918–1948: British Empire under League of Nations mandate May 1948 to present: independent Israel ==See Also== *Kingdom of Israel *Israel *Judah Ancient Israel and Judah Former monarchies
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Just to let everyone know - I know the list of Kings is not completely tabulated yet - I thought I would wait to see how the dispute over the Kingdom of Israel list panned out before I continued with it. --User:JohnArmagh 10:02, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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