Judah (1)

joo'-da (yehudhah, "praised"):

⇒See a list of verses on JUDAH in the Bible.

(1) 4th son of Jacob by Leah (see separate article).

(2) An ancestor of Kadmiel, one of those who had the oversight of the rebuilding of the temple (Ezr 3:9). He is the same as Hodaviah (Ezr 2:40), and Hodevah (Ne 7:43).

⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

(3) A Levite who had taken a strange wife (Ezr, 10:23).

(4) A Levite who came up with Zerubbabel (Ne 12:8).

(5) A priest and musician who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Ne 12:36); (3), (4) and (5) may be the same person.

(6) A Benjamite, the son of Hassenuah, who was second over the city of Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah (Ne 11:9).

(7) One of the princes of Judah who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Ne 12:34).

S. F. Hunter