Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'judah' occurs 850 times in the standard works.

396 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'judah' in the standard works and contain 46.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 176 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 44:24-45:1 (8 in 8 verses)

2 Chr. 13:13-18 (7 in 6 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:9-15 (7 in 7 verses)

2 Chr. 25:17-23 (7 in 7 verses)

2 Sam. 19:40-20:2 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Chr. 17:5-10 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Chr. 17:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Chr. 21:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 36:28-37:1 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 44:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)

Zech. 12:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Judg. 1:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 38:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 38:22-26 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 14:4-8 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 30:24-31:1 (5 in 5 verses)

Isa. 11:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 21:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Judg. 17:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 20:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 28:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 25:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 2:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 27:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 32:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 34:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 38:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 1:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 38:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 49:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 7:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 1:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 1:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 15:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)


2 Sam. 19:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

 19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

 19:15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

 19:16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.




2 Kgs. 14:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 11:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 25:28-26:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 13:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 4:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 32:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 34:21-35:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 36:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Hosea 5:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Joel 3:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 1:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 2:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 33:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 19:18 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 2:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 5:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 15:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 23:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 25:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 16:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 17:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 23:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 31:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 1:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 1:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 26:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 15:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 15:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 16:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 24:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 24:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 6:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 3:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:34-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 17:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 22:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 26:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 30:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 31:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 33:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 40:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 44:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 825 0 825
Gen. 28 0 28
Ex. 4 0 4
Num. 13 0 13
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 24 0 24
Judg. 25 0 25
Ruth 4 0 4
1 Sam. 14 0 14
2 Sam. 30 0 30
1 Kgs. 42 0 42
2 Kgs. 95 0 95
1 Chr. 25 0 25
2 Chr. 161 0 161
Ezra 15 0 15
Neh. 28 0 28
Esth. 1 0 1
Ps. 9 0 9
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 29 0 29
Jer. 183 0 183
Lam. 5 0 5
Ezek. 15 0 15
Dan. 7 0 7
Hosea 15 0 15
Joel 6 0 6
Amos 4 0 4
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 4 0 4
Nahum 1 0 1
Zeph. 3 0 3
Hag. 4 0 4
Zech. 22 0 22
Mal. 3 0 3
NT 1 0 1
BM 21 0 21
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 850 0 850

2 Sam. 1:18
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

2 Sam. 2:1
And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

2 Sam. 2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Sam. 2:7
Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

2 Sam. 2:10
Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

2 Sam. 2:11
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

2 Sam. 3:8
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

2 Sam. 3:10
To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.

2 Sam. 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

2 Sam. 6:2
And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.

2 Sam. 11:11
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

2 Sam. 12:8
And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

2 Sam. 19:11
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

2 Sam. 19:14
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

2 Sam. 19:15
So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

2 Sam. 19:16
And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

2 Sam. 19:40
Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

2 Sam. 19:41
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?

2 Sam. 19:42
And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

2 Sam. 19:43
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

2 Sam. 20:2
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 20:4
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

2 Sam. 20:5
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

2 Sam. 21:2
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

2 Sam. 24:1
And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

2 Sam. 24:7
And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.

2 Sam. 24:9
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.