| | The '''Kingdom of Judah''' ([[Hebrew]]:''' יהודה''' ''Yehuda'' "praise God") was a kingdom of divided [[Israel]]. It is often referred to as the "Southern Kingdom" to distinguish it from the "[[Northern Kingdom]]" of Israel. This kingdom, like its [[Northern Kingdom|Northern]] counterpart, began with the Revolt of the Ten Tribes in either 975 BC (per [[James Ussher]]<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 476-482</ref>) or 930 BC (per [[Edwin R. Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. [[David O'Brien]], Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), pp. 285-286</ref>). It ended with the [[Fall of Jerusalem]] in either 588 BC (Ussher) or 586 BC (Thiele). | | The '''Kingdom of Judah''' ([[Hebrew]]:''' יהודה''' ''Yehuda'' "praise God") was a kingdom of divided [[Israel]]. It is often referred to as the "Southern Kingdom" to distinguish it from the "[[Northern Kingdom]]" of Israel. This kingdom, like its [[Northern Kingdom|Northern]] counterpart, began with the Revolt of the Ten Tribes in either 975 BC (per [[James Ussher]]<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 476-482</ref>) or 930 BC (per [[Edwin R. Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. [[David O'Brien]], Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), pp. 285-286</ref>). It ended with the [[Fall of Jerusalem]] in either 588 BC (Ussher) or 586 BC (Thiele). |