Judges 1:23
And they encamped and surveyed Bæthel: and the name of the city before was Luza.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
In Context
22And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Bæthel; and the Lord was with them.
Cross References
Genesis 35:6And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, which is Bæthel, he and all the people that were with him.
Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Naue sent out of Sattin two young men to spy the land, saying, Go up and view the land and Jericho: and the two young men went and entered into Jericho; and they entered into the house of a harlot, whose name was Raab, and lodged there.
Joshua 16:1And the borders of the children of Joseph were from Jordan by Jericho eastward; and they will go up from Jericho to the hill country, to the wilderness, to Bæthel Luza.
Judges 18:2And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valour, from Saraa and from Esthaol, to spy out the land and to + 18:2 Or, survey or examine it.search it; and they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came as far as the mount of Ephraim to the house of Michaias and they lodged there,
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 →