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 MAT 4:25; LUK 5:17; JHN 4:47,54
The term applies to all of Palestine in LUK 1:5
It applies to the territory east of the Jordan River in MAT 19:1; MRK 10:1; LUK 23:5
2. Wilderness of
Called Beth-arabah JOS 15:6,61
Assigned to Benjamin JOS 18:22
John the Baptist preaches in MAT 3:1; LUK 3:3
