Judges 1:23
And the house of Joseph sent to explore Beth-el. Now the name of the city before was Luz.
Webster Bible
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 house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.
Cross References
Genesis 35:6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (that is Beth-el) he and all the people that were with him.
Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent from Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go, view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into the house of a harlot, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Joshua 16:1And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, to the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
Judges 18:2And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their borders, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to explore the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, 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 →