JUDEA

1. Also called JUDAH and JUDAEA

→ (The southern division of Palestine)

• It extended from the Jordan River and the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from Shiloh on the north to the wilderness on the south Mt 4:25; Lu 5:17; Joh 4:47,54

• The term applies to all of Palestine in Lu 1:5

• It applies to the territory east of the Jordan River in Mt 19:1; Mr 10:1; Lu 23:5

• Wilderness of

• Called Beth-arabah Jos 15:6,61

• Assigned to Benjamin Jos 18:22

• John the Baptist preaches in Mt 3:1; Lu 3:3