judah In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of {Judah} came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. judah And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of {Judah} into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. judah Now among these were of the children of {Judah}, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: judah Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of {Judah}, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. judah Then was Daniel brought in before the king. [And] the king spake and said unto Daniel, [Art] thou that Daniel, which [art] of the children of the captivity of {Judah}, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? judah Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which [is] of the children of the captivity of {Judah}, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. judah O Lord, righteousness [belongeth] unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of {Judah}, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, [that are] near, and [that are] far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. ~~~~~~