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Judah in the Bible, the southern of the two kingdoms remaining after the division of the kingdom of the Jews that occurred under Rehoboam . The northern kingdom, Israel, was continually at war with Judah. In the Bible the southern kingdom is regarded as usually more loyal to God than the northern kingdom was. Judah's capital was Jerusalem, and its dynasty was the house of David. It lasted from 931 BC to 586 BC

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Judah in the Bible, a Hebrew patriarch, the fourth son of Jacob. Also, the tribe of Israel traditionally descended from him, the most powerful of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Judah is also the name given to the southern part of ancient Palestine, occupied by the tribe of Judah. After the reign of Solomon (c.930 bc) it formed a separate kingdom from Israel.

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