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Judges 1:23
23And the house of Joseph sent to search out Bethel; now the name of the city before was Luz.
Judges 1:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth–el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
- New International Version (NIV)When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the house of Joseph scouted out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.)
- New King James Version (NKJV)So the house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly Luz.)
Context of Judges 1:23
21And the children of Benjamin did not dispossess the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. 22And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Jehovah was with them. And the house of Joseph sent to search out Bethel; now the name of the city before was Luz. 24And the guards saw a man come forth out of the city, and said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, how [we] may enter into the city, and we will shew thee kindness. 25And he shewed them how to enter into the city. And they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
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וַיָּתִ֥ירוּ בֵית־יוֹסֵ֖ף בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל וְשֵׁם־הָעִ֥יר לְפָנִ֖ים לֽוּז׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Judges 1:23
- Judges 18:2And the children of Dan sent of their family five men of their whole number, men of valour, from Zoreah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to examine it; and they said to them, Go, examine the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
- Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent from Shittim two spies secretly, saying, Go, see the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and they lay down there.
- Joshua 7:2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the country. And the men went up and spied out Ai.
- Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first.
- Genesis 35:6And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
- Genesis 48:3And Jacob said to Joseph, The Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Commentaries on Judges 1:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Beth-el - the name of the city before was Luz - Concerning this city and its names, see the notes on Genesis 28:19.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-36Verses 21-36 The people of Israel were very careless of their duty and interest. Owing to slothfulness and cowardice, they would not be at the pains to complete their conquests. It was also owing to their covetousness: they were willing to let the Canaanites live among them, that they might make advantage of them. They had not the dread and detestation of idolatry they ought to have had. The same unbelief that kept their fathers forty years out of Canaan…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-36Mentions of Joseph's descendants (Judges 1:22, 35) highlight the northern tribes' failures to remove their enemies.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2917-29. And Judah went with Simeon his brother--The course of the narrative is here resumed from Jud 1:9, and an account given of Judah returning the services of Simeon (Jud 1:3), by aiding in the prosecution of the war within the neighboring tribes. slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath--or Zephathah (2Ch 14:10), a valley lying in the southern portion of Canaan. Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow of the Israelites (see on Nu 21:2). The…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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