Judges 1:2
And the Lord said: “Judah shall ascend. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hands.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 2:3To the east, Judah shall fix his tents, by the companies of his army. And the leader of his sons shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Joshua 2:24And they said, “The Lord has delivered this entire land into our hands, and all its inhabitants have been struck down by fear.”
Judges 20:28And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was the first ruler of the house. And so, they consulted the Lord, and they said, “Should we continue to go forth in battle against the sons of Benjamin, our brothers, or should we cease?” And the Lord said to them: “Ascend. For tomorrow, I will deliver them into your hands.”
Hebrews 7:14For it is evident that our Lord arose out of Judah, a tribe about which Moses said nothing concerning priests.
Revelation 19:11And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And he who was sitting upon it was called Faithful and True. And with justice does he judge and fight.
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 →