Moses said this about the tribe of Judah:“ O Lord, hear the cry of Judah and bring them together as a people. Give them strength to defend their cause; help them against their enemies!”

“为犹大祝福说：求耶和华俯听犹大的声音，引导他归于本族；他曾用手为自己争战，你必帮助他攻击敌人。

关于犹大，他这么说：‘耶和华啊，求你垂听犹大的声音，引导他归回他的百姓中。他曾用手为自己争战，你必帮助他攻击敌人。’

关于犹大，他这么说：‘耶和华啊，求你垂听犹大的声音，引导他归回他的百姓中。他曾用手为自己争战，你必帮助他攻击敌人。’

摩西祝福犹大支派说：“耶和华啊，求你听犹大的呼求，带他们回归本族，帮他们对抗仇敌，赐他们争战之力。”

论到犹大，他这样说：“耶和华啊，求你垂听犹大的声音，领他归回自己的族人那里；他曾用手为自己奋斗，愿你帮助他抵挡仇敌。”

為猶大祝福說：求耶和華俯聽猶大的聲音，引導他歸於本族；他曾用手為自己爭戰，你必幫助他攻擊敵人。

關於猶大，他這麼說：『耶和華啊，求你垂聽猶大的聲音，引導他歸回他的百姓中。他曾用手為自己爭戰，你必幫助他攻擊敵人。』

關於猶大，他這麼說：『耶和華啊，求你垂聽猶大的聲音，引導他歸回他的百姓中。他曾用手為自己爭戰，你必幫助他攻擊敵人。』

摩西祝福猶大支派說：「耶和華啊，求你聽猶大的呼求，帶他們回歸本族，幫他們對抗仇敵，賜他們爭戰之力。」

論到猶大，他這樣說：“耶和華啊，求你垂聽猶大的聲音，領他歸回自己的族人那裡；他曾用手為自己奮鬥，願你幫助他抵擋仇敵。”

論猶大、是這樣說的：『永恆主啊，求你聽猶大的聲音，領他歸他的族人。他曾伸手為這事奮鬥；願你幫助他抵擋敵人。』

論猶大則曰、耶和華歟、俯聽猶大之呼籲、導歸故族、彼以手為己搏戰、爾必助之攻敵、○

其論猶大則曰、猶大既籲呼、願耶和華垂聽、使歸故族、賜以能力、而無不足、使其攻敵、而為輔翼。

論猶大則曰、求主俯聽猶大之呼籲、導之歸於其民、使其手能為己戰、助之能禦其敵、○

And this he said about Judah:“ Hear, Lord, the cry of Judah; bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause. Oh, be his help against his foes!”

Here’s what Moses said about Judah.“ Lord, listen to Judah cry out. Bring him to his people. By his own power he stands up for himself. Lord, help him fight against his enemies!”

And this he said of Judah:“ Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him in to his people. With your hands contend for him, and be a help against his adversaries.”

He said this about Judah: LORD, hear Judah’s cry and bring him to his people. He fights for his cause with his own hands, but may you be a help against his foes.

And this was regarding Judah; so he said:“ Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people. With his hands he contended for them, And may You be a help against his adversaries.”

And this he said of Judah:“ Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people; Let his hands be sufficient for him, And may You be a help against his enemies.”

And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And bring him in unto his people. With his hands he contended for himself; And thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.

He said this about Judah: Lord, hear Judah’s cry and bring him to his people. He fights for his cause with his own hands, but may You be a help against his foes.

And this[ is the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help[ to him] from his enemies.

And this is the blessing to Judah. He said, Listen, O LORD, to Judah’s voice, and bring him to his people. May his power be great, and may you help him against his foes.

This is for Judah. He said,“ Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries.”

“ Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will grasp your enemies by the neck. All your relatives will bow before you.Judah, my son, is a young lion that has finished eating its prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness— who dares to rouse him?The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.He ties his foal to a grapevine, the colt of his donkey to a choice vine. He washes his clothes in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

That is why the Lord takes no pleasure in the young men and shows no mercy even to the widows and orphans. For they are all wicked hypocrites, and they all speak foolishness. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before your eyes. Now I will make your name as famous as anyone who has ever lived on the earth!And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won’t oppress them as they’ve done in the past,starting from the time I appointed judges to rule my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies.“‘ Furthermore, the Lord declares that he will make a house for you— a dynasty of kings!For when you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, your own offspring, and I will make his kingdom strong.

He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God.The armies of heaven, dressed in the finest of pure white linen, followed him on white horses.From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress.On his robe at his thigh was written this title: King of all kings and Lord of all lords.

After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord,“ Which tribe should go first to attack the Canaanites?”The Lord answered,“ Judah, for I have given them victory over the land.”The men of Judah said to their relatives from the tribe of Simeon,“ Join with us to fight against the Canaanites living in the territory allotted to us. Then we will help you conquer your territory.” So the men of Simeon went with Judah.When the men of Judah attacked, the Lord gave them victory over the Canaanites and Perizzites, and they killed 10,000 enemy warriors at the town of Bezek.While at Bezek they encountered King Adoni bezek and fought against him, and the Canaanites and Perizzites were defeated.Adoni bezek escaped, but the Israelites soon captured him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.Adoni bezek said,“ I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Day after day more men joined David until he had a great army, like the army of God.

And as for these enemies of mine who didn’t want me to be their king— bring them in and execute them right here in front of me.’”

I trust in the Lord for protection. So why do you say to me,“ Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right.The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?”But the Lord is in his holy Temple; the Lord still rules from heaven. He watches everyone closely, examining every person on earth.The Lord examines both the righteous and the wicked. He hates those who love violence.He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.For the righteous Lord loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.

He chose instead the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loved.

For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet.

But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.

May he send you help from his sanctuary and strengthen you from Jerusalem.

So David asked the Lord,“ Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied to David,“ Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you.”

He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.

Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and told him,“ We are your own flesh and blood.

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.

“ Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

That was the beginning of a long war between those who were loyal to Saul and those loyal to David. As time passed David became stronger and stronger, while Saul’s dynasty became weaker and weaker.

What I mean is, our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe.

The Lord said to my Lord,“ Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.”The Lord will extend your powerful kingdom from Jerusalem; you will rule over your enemies.

You will capture all your enemies. Your strong right hand will seize all who hate you.

How the king rejoices in your strength, O Lord! He shouts with joy because you give him victory.

When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, be on the alert! That will be the signal that the Lord is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army.”

So Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful and built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.He stored numerous supplies in Judah’s towns and stationed an army of seasoned troops at Jerusalem.His army was enrolled according to ancestral clans. From Judah there were 300,000 troops organized in units of 1,000, under the command of Adnah.Next in command was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 troops.Next was Amasiah son of Zicri, who volunteered for the Lord’s service, with 200,000 troops under his command.From Benjamin there were 200,000 troops equipped with bows and shields. They were under the command of Eliada, a veteran soldier.Next in command was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 armed men.These were the troops stationed in Jerusalem to serve the king, besides those Jehoshaphat stationed in the fortified towns throughout Judah.

Then the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds.Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death.And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.