Dict: easton - Judea

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Judea @ After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the country west of the Jordan kjv@Haggai:1:1 kjv@Haggai:1:14 kjv@Haggai:2:2). But under the Romans, in the time of Christ, it denoted the southernmost of the three divisions of Palestine kjv@Matthew:2:1 kjv@Matthew:2:5 kjv@Matthew:3:1 kjv@Matthew:4:25 ), although it was also sometimes used for Palestine generally kjv@Acts:28:21). The province of Judea, as distinguished from Galilee and Samaria, included the territories of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Dan, Simeon, and part of Ephraim. Under the Romans it was a part of the province of Syria, and was governed by a procurator.