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Judah: History of the Southern Kingdom of Israel | Ancient Israel & Jerusalem

Explore Judah, the southern kingdom of ancient Israel, from tribal origins to Jerusalem as a political and religious center. Learn how Judah survived Assyrian and Babylonian invasions and returned under Persian rule, preserving identity and shaping Jewish history. This episode traces Judah’s political, social, and cultural life, the division of the kingdom after Solomon, and the maintenance of leadership and Temple worship in Jerusalem. External records such as the Sennacherib Annals, Babylonian Chronicles, and Cyrus Cylinder confirm Judah’s historical reality and the enduring continuity of its people. This historical overview sets the stage for understanding how Judah’s experience influenced the Second Temple period and the long path toward modern Jewish identity. The video covers: Tribal origins of Judah and its rise as a southern kingdom Davidic kingship and Jerusalem as the administrative and religious center Solomon’s Temple and the centrality of worship in Jerusalem Assyrian recognition and Babylonian conquest Exile, preservation of identity, and Persian-era return References Used: Hebrew Scriptures (NKJV): Genesis 49:8–10; 2 Samuel 5, 7; 1 Kings 11–12; 2 Chronicles 10–11; 2 Kings 17, 24–25; 2 Chronicles 36; Ezra 1–6; Nehemiah 1–2. Assyrian Documentation: Sennacherib’s Annals (Taylor Prism), State Archives of Assyria. Babylonian Documentation: Babylonian Chronicles; Jehoiachin Ration Tablets. Persian Period Documentation: Cyrus Cylinder; Kuhrt, The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period (Routledge, 2007). Archaeology & Historical Studies: Bright, A History of Israel (Westminster John Knox Press, 2000); Finkelstein & Silberman, The Bible Unearthed (Free Press, 2001); Grabbe, A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Vol. 1 (T&T Clark, 2004); Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 10,000–586 B.C.E. (Doubleday, 1990); Merrill, Kingdom of Priests (Baker Academic, 2008); Provan, Long & Longman, A Biblical History of Israel (Westminster John Knox Press, 2015). Jewish Historical Witness: Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Books 9–11 (William Whiston translation, Hendrickson Publishers). #JudahHistory #KingdomOfJudah #AncientIsrael #DavidicDynasty #JerusalemHistory #SolomonsTemple #BabylonianExile #PersianReturn #SecondTemplePeriod #AssyrianConquest #SennacheribAnnals #BabylonianChronicles #CyrusCylinder #Josephus #BiblicalArchaeology #JewishHistory #AncientNearEast #TempleReconstruction #HistoricalJerusalem #BiblicalHistory #JudahExileReturn #PersianEmpireJerusalem #JudahIdentity #IsraeliteTribes #BiblicalSources