Judea is a mountainous region, part of which is considered a desert. It varies greatly in height, rising to an altitude of 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) in the south at the Hebron Hills, 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Jerusalem, and descending to as much as 400 metres (1,300 ft) below sea level in the east of the region.

This map includes some of the geographical locations within the ancient Judah region in Israel. Judah was the southern part of the Country of Israel, when King Solomon died the kingdom was divided into two parts, "Israel" and "Judah" and the southern part of Israel became Judah.

Judaea, the southernmost of the three traditional divisions of ancient Palestine; the other two were Galilee in the north and Samaria in the centre. No clearly marked boundary divided Judaea from Samaria, but the town of Beersheba was traditionally the southernmost limit.

Judea is the biblical, Roman and modern name of the Southern part of Israel. The name is a Greek and Roman adaptation of the Hebrew name "Yehudah" for the biblical Israelite Tribe of Judah (Yehudah).

MAP OF JUDEA AND SOUTHERN ISRAEL SAMARIA Joppa (Japha) Antipatris Arimathaea Shiloh Lydad Ephraim Beth-horon Gezer Ekron Emmaus Aijalon Jerusalem Timnath-serah Ashdod Anathoth Jericho Bethany Bethlehem Azekah Gath Mareshah Tekoa DEAD SEA (SALT SEA) Lachish Hebron Ziph En-gedi PERAEA Ziklag Gaza Ashkelon Hormah Beersheba

The name Judea, when used in Judea and Samaria, refers to all of the area to the south of Jerusalem, including Gush Etzion and Har Hevron. The name Samaria, on the other hand, refers to all of the area to the north of Jerusalem.

After the death of King Solomon, the kingdom was divided in two. The southern kingdom consisted only of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and thus became the kingdom of Judah, with Jerusalem as its capital. The northern kingdom consisted of …

It depicts the kingdoms of Judea and Israel, along with territory stretching north to present-day Beirut and land on both sides of the Jordan River as far south as the Dead Sea. It also includes a key to major cities, priestly towns, and towns belonging to the Philistines.

Under the Persian empire, Judea (or Judah) was a district administered by a governor who, like Zerubbabel (Haggai 1:14; Haggai 2:2), was probably usually a Jew. Even as late as Judas Maccabeus, Hebron and its surroundings-the very heart of old Judah was under the domination of the Edomites, whom, however, Judas conquered (1 Maccabees 5:65); in ...

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