Lions symbolize power, fierceness, and majesty. At first, only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the House of David, but the tribe of Benjamin soon joined Judah. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah (.mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Frank Ruehl CLM","Taamey Frank CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה‎, Shevet Yehudah) was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel. To him will be the obedience of the peoples” (Genesis 49:10). Judah was Jacob’s fourth son, born to Leah. (Translation: Mordechai Vermebrand and Betzalel S. Ruth. Feb 1, 2021 - Explore Melinda Peele-Caldwell's board "Tribe of Judah", followed by 212 people on Pinterest. The tribe of Judah is one of the twelve tribes of Israel. This article is about the Hebrew tribe. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah (שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה‎, Shevet Yehudah) was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel. Our greatest passion is simply to reach the lost through the salvation that only comes from faith in Jesus Christ. This is a personal account who is asking for you to be their friend on facebook. The Book of Kings is uncompromising in its low opinion of its larger and richer neighbor to the north, and understands its conquest by Assyria in 722 BCE as divine retribution for the Kingdom's return to idolatry.[16]. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה, Modern Yəhuda Tiberian Yəhûḏāh ; "Praise") was one of the Tribes of Israel. Ethiopia's traditions, recorded and elaborated in a 13th-century treatise, the "Kebre Negest", assert descent from a retinue of Israelites who returned with the Queen of Sheba from her visit to King Solomon in Jerusalem, by whom she had conceived the Solomonic dynasty's founder, Menelik I. [1], According to the account in the Book of Joshua, following a partial conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes (the Jebusites still held Jerusalem),[2] Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. Benjamin’s descendants took up residence in a small area northwest of the Dead Sea. 7 Keys to Unlock the Prophetic Mysteries of Israel, Unlocking the Prophetic Mysteries of Israel two-DVD set. Although there are other terms used, this is commonly referred to as the Assyrian exile. Both Christian and Jewish Ethiopian tradition has it that these immigrants were mostly of the Tribes of Dan and Judah;[20] hence the Ge'ez motto Mo`a 'Anbessa Ze'imnegede Yihuda ("The Lion of the Tribe of Judah has conquered"), one of many names for Jesus of Nazareth. As depicted by the Deuteronomists and post-exilic writers, the tribe of Judah was the leading tribe of the Kingdom of Judah. ), "Besides the rejection of the Albrightian 'conquest' model, the general consensus among OT scholars is that the Book of Joshua has no value in the historical reconstruction. Technically speaking the Tribe of Benjamin lost it’s identity and blended into the Tribe of Judah. 16:22) The tribe of Judah, along with the tribe of Benjamin and Simeon, constitute what is known as the Southern Tribes of Israel. While all historical occurrences that caused dispersals of the chosen people – even to modern times – are referred to as general diaspora, this specific event is called “the Diaspora.”. Benjamin’s was the smaller of the two Tribes of Judah and the least of the 12 Tribes as well. With this, Ehud won 80 years of peace for Israel (Judges 3:12‒20). Judah, Tribe of. The tribe of Levi would later become the priestly tribe, and Judah was the royal tribe. 1:2). Get the Prophetic Mysteries Package Judah was the dominant tribe in this alignment. Before the Assyrian invasion of Israel, some from the Northern Tribes had migrated to the Southern Kingdom and joined the Tribes of Judah. Today, members of the Tribes of Judah and Israel reside all around the world. Arguably Judah was the most influential of all the tribes, being the location of Jerusalem - the capital city of Israel and location of God 's Temple and seat of the royal throne. This is the main reason why Jesus is often referred to as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Then, in approximately 586 B.C.E, the Southern Kingdom fell to Babylon. 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