Judges 1:22

And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.

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In The King James Version

And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.

In Context

21And the children of Judah did not make the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem go out; the Jebusites are still living with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

23So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

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Cross References

Numbers 1:10Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,

Joshua 14:4Because the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave the Levites no part in the land, only towns for their living-places, with the grass-lands for their cattle and for their property.

Joshua 16:2And it goes out from Beth-el to Luz, and on as far as the limit of the Archites to Ataroth;

2 Kings 18:7And the Lord was with him; he did well in all his undertakings: and he took up arms against the king of Assyria and was his servant no longer.

Revelation 7:8Of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand: of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand: of the tribe of Benjamin were marked twelve thousand.

Matthew Henry on Judges 1:22-36

The Israelites Mixed with the Canaanites. ( b. c. 1425.) 21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the Lord was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, show us, we pray thee, the… Read the whole commentary →

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