1. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies 930 meters (3,050 ft) above sea level.

2. The Dead Sea zone's aridity is due to the rainshadow effect of the Judaean Mountains.

3. Antony defeated Parthia's Judaean ally Antigonus in 37 BC, installing Herod as a client king in his place.

4. From 110 BCE, the Hasmoneans extended their authority over much of Palestine, creating a Judaean–Samaritan–Idumaean–Ituraean–Galilean alliance.

5. Amos, a Judaean prophet from the village of Tekoa, was active in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II (c

6. Bethlehem, Arabic Bayt Laḥm (“House of Meat”), Hebrew Bet Leḥem (“House of Bread”), town in the West Bank, situated in the Judaean Hills 5 miles (8 km) south of Jerusalem.According to the Gospels (Matthew 2; Luke 2), Bethlehem was the site of the Nativity of Jesus Christ.Christian theology has linked this with the belief that his birth there fulfills the Old Testament prophecy of