Judges 1:22
in Judges 1The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.
KJV
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the Lord was with them.
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This verse in Judges 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel - That is, the tribe of Ephraim and the half tribe of Manasseh, who dwelt beyond Jordan. Beth-el was not taken by Joshua, though he took Ai, which was nigh to it. Instead of בית יוסף beith Yoseph, “the house of Joseph,” ten of Dr. Kennicott’s MSS. and six of De Rossi’s have בני יוסף beney Yoseph, “the children of Joseph;” and this is the reading of both the Septuagint and Arabic, as well as of two copies in the Hexapla of Origen.
This site's exposition
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel
on Judges 1:22-26
The city is Luz, which Jacob named Bethel at Genesis 28:19, and the scene follows Joshua 2, with spies, a man who shows the way in and a household spared. It parts from Rahab at the end, since she lives among Israel at Joshua 6:25 and stands in Christ's line at Matthew 1:5. This man goes "to the land of the Hittites", where he builds a second Luz.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow of the Israelites (see on Nu 21:2). The confederate tribes, pursuing their incursions in that quarter, came successively to Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron, which they took.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Bethel was within the borders of Benjamin, but was captured, as we here learn, by the house of Joseph, who probably retained it.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעֲל֧וּ | vaiyaalu | and they went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| בֵית־ | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יוֹסֵ֛ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| הֵ֖ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | Beth- | H1008 → | 142 times |
| אֵ֑ל | ʾel | -el | H1008 → | 142 times |
| וַֽיהוָ֖ה | vayahweh | and Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עִמָּֽם׃ | ʾimam | [was] with <the> them | H5973 → | 1050 times |
וַיַּעֲל֧וּand they went up
vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times
בֵית־[the] house of
veit-H1004 →2046 times
יוֹסֵ֛ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
הֵ֖םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
בֵּֽית־Beth-
beit-H1008 →142 times
אֵ֑ל-el
ʾelH1008 →142 times
וַֽיהוָ֖הand Yahweh
vayahwehH3068 →6520 times
עִמָּֽם׃[was] with <the> them
ʾimamH5973 →1050 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 18:7And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
it leads to
- Psalms 60:12
With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- 2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are…
- Genesis 39:2–3
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
- 2 Chronicles 31:21
He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
- Psalms 60:12
Through
Judges 1:19The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.
it leads to
- Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Judges 1:2
“Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”
- Isaiah 41:10
Through
1 Chronicles 7:29And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
it leads to
- Judges 1:22–29
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
- Judges 1:22–29
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exodus.
- PlaceCentral hill countryBethelThe house of God, where Jacob saw the ladder and heard the promise, where he returned to raise an altar, and where Jeroboam’s gold…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.