Judah, your brothers have praised you, and your hands shall be on the back of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you.

A ruler shall not fail from Judah, nor a prince from his loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and He is the expectation of nations.

His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel inquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?

And Judah said to his brother Simeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Canaanites, and I also will go with you into your lot: and Simeon went with him.

And they overtook Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they attacked the Canaananite and the Perizzite.

And Adoni-Bezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

but chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which He loved.

He chose David also His servant, and took him up from the flocks of sheep.

And you, Bethlehem, house of Ephratha, are few in number to be reckoned among the thousands of Judah; yet out of you shall one come forth to Me, to be a ruler of Israel; and His goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity.

Behold, I send forth My messenger, and he shall survey the way before Me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come into His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom you take pleasure in: behold, He is coming, says the Lord Almighty.

For it is evident that our Lord has risen out of Judah, regarding which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

And there was war for a long time between the house of Saul and the house of David; and the house of David grew continually stronger; but the house of Saul grew continually weaker.

And all the tribes of Israel came to David to Hebron, and they said to him, Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh.

And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You deliver them into my hands? And the Lord said to David, Go up, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands.

And it shall come to pass when you hear the sound of a clashing together from the Grove of Weeping, then you shall go down to them, for then the Lord shall go forth before you to create havoc in the battle with the Philistines.

For men came to David day by day, [till they amounted] to a great force, as the force of God.

And Jehoshaphat increased in greatness exceedingly, and built fortresses in Judea, and strong cities.

And this [is] their number according to the houses of their fathers; even the captains of thousands in Judah [were]: Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of strength, three hundred thousand.

And after him Amasiah the [son] of Zichri, who was zealous for the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of strength.

And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand mighty men of war.

Therefore the Lord shall not take pleasure in their young men, neither shall He have pity on their orphans or on their widows; for they are all transgressors and wicked, and every mouth speaks unjustly. For all this [His] anger is not turned away, but [His] hand is yet exalted.

And He is clothed in a robe having been dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

And out of His mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, so that with it He might strike the nations. And He will shepherd them with an iron rod. And He treads the winepress of the wine of the wrath of Almighty God.

And I was with you wherever you went, and I destroyed all your enemies before you, and I made you renowned according to the renown of the great ones on the earth.

from the days when I appointed judges over My people Israel: and I will give you rest from all your enemies, and the Lord declares to you, that He shall build you a house.

For the end, A Psalm of David. In the Lord I have put my trust: how will you say to my soul, Flee to the mountains as a sparrow?

For they have pulled down what You framed, but what has the righteous done?

The Lord tests the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.

For the Lord [is] righteous, and loves righteousness; His face beholds uprightness.

May He send you help from the sanctuary, and aid you out of Zion.

For the end, A Psalm of David. O Lord, the king shall rejoice in Your strength; and in Your salvation he shall greatly exalt.

Let Your hand be found by all Your enemies; let Your right hand find all that hate You.

A Psalm of David. The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies Your footstool.

The Lord shall send out the rod of Your strength out of Zion; rule in the midst of Your enemies!

Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Nevertheless bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay [them] before me.'"

For He must reign till He puts all His enemies under His feet.

And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone where also the Beast and the False Prophet [are]. And they shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened the books. And another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by the things having been written in the books, according to their works.

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death, the Lake of Fire.