Judges 1:23
And they encamped and surveyed Bethel: and the name of the city before was Luz.
Updated 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 Bethel; and the Lord was with them.
Cross References
Genesis 35:6And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, which is Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim 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 Rahab, 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 Bethel Luz.
Judges 18:2And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to 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 Micah 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 →