# Judah — The City of God character guide

> Judah in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Son of Jacob, ancestor of the tribe from which King David and Jesus descended.

## In the story

### [Of suicide committed through fear of punishment or dishonour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xvii)

Mentioned as Judas, who hanged himself and thereby aggravated his betrayal of Christ.

### [Of the blessing which Jacob promised in Judah his son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xli)

Judah is the tribe from which Christ sprang; Jacob's blessing foretells Christ's coming.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xviii)

Implied as the betrayer (Judas Iscariot) who fulfilled the prophecy of the psalm.

### [Of the varying condition of both the Hebrew kingdoms, until the people of both were at different times led into captivity, Judah being afterwards recalled into his kingdom, which finally passed into the power of the Romans.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiii)

The southern kingdom, which had both pious and impious kings and was later led into captivity.

### [Who were kings of Argos, and of Assyria, when Jacob died in Egypt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-vi)

Judah is the tribe from which Jacob prophesied the prince and leader would come until Christ.

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