Judges 1:2
And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 2:3Those whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief.
Joshua 2:24And they said to Joshua, Truly, the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and all the people of the land have become like water because of us.
Judges 20:28And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was in his place before it,) and said, Am I still to go on with the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother, or am I to give it up? And the Lord said, Go on; for tomorrow I will give him into your hands.
Hebrews 7:14Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that tribe.
Revelation 19:11And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Judges 1:2-9
Judges This is called the Hebrew Shepher Shophtim, the Book of Judges, which the Syriac and Arabic versions enlarge upon, and call it, The Book of the Judges of the Children of Israel; the judgments of that nation being peculiar, so were their judges, whose office differed vastly from that of the judges of other nations. The LXX. entitles it only Kritai, Judges. It is the history of the commonwealth of Israel, during the government of the judges from Othniel to Eli, so much of it as God saw fit to transmit to us.… Read the whole commentary →