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Judea
After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the country west of the Jordan (Hag 1:1, Hag 1:14; Hag 2:2). But under the Romans, in the time of Christ, it denoted the southernmost of the three divisions of Palestine (Matt 2:1, Matt 2:5; Matt 3:1; Matt 4:25), although it was also sometimes used for Palestine generally (Acts 28:21).
The province of Judea, as distinguished from Galilee and Samaria, included the territories of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Dan, Simeon, and part of Ephraim. Under the Romans it was a part of the province of Syria, and was governed by a procurator.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- Ezra 5:8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
