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