God’s Word Translation
Judges 1:22
22The descendants of Joseph also went into battle against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
Judges 1:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the Lord was with them.
- New International Version (NIV)Now the tribes of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
Context of Judges 1:22
20As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who forced out the three sons of Anak. 21The men of Benjamin did not force out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. The Jebusites still live with the tribe of Benjamin in Jerusalem today. The descendants of Joseph also went into battle against Bethel, and the Lord was with them. 23They sent men to spy on Bethel. (In the past the city was called Luz.) 24The spies saw a man coming out of the city. They told him, “Show us how we can get into the city, and we’ll treat you kindly.”
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וַיַּעֲל֧וּ בֵית־יוֹסֵ֛ף גַּם־הֵ֖ם בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל וַֽיהוָ֖ה עִמָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Judges 1:22
- Numbers 1:10Elishama, son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Ephraim; Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, from the tribe of Manasseh; (Ephraim and Manasseh are Joseph’s descendants.)
- Joshua 14:4because Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, formed two tribes. The Levites were not given a share of the land. Joseph’s descendants gave the Levites cities to live in with pasturelands for their cattle and everything they had.
- Joshua 16:1The lot was drawn for Joseph. The border of Joseph’s territory goes from the Jordan River at Jericho to the springs of Jericho on the east, through the desert that goes up from Jericho, and through the mountains to Bethel.
- 1 Chronicles 7:29Next to Manasseh were Beth Shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, and Dor and its villages. The descendants of Joseph, son of Israel, live in these cities.
- Revelation 7:812,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.
- Judges 1:19The Lord was with the men of Judah so that they were able to take possession of the mountains. But they could not force out the people living in the valley who had chariots made of iron.
- Genesis 49:24But his bow stayed steady, and his arms remained limber because of the help of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
- 2 Kings 18:7so the Lord was with him. He succeeded in everything he tried: He rebelled against the king of Assyria and wouldn’t serve him anymore.
Commentaries on Judges 1:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel - That is, the tribe of Ephraim and the half tribe of Manasseh, who dwelt beyond Jordan. Beth-el was not taken by Joshua, though he took Ai, which was nigh to it. Instead of יוסף בית beith Yoseph, "the house of Joseph," ten of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. and six of De Rossi's have יוסף בני beney Yoseph, "the children of Joseph;" and this is the reading of both the Septuagint and Arabic, as well as of two…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Bethel was within the borders of Benjamin, but was captured, as we here learn, by the house of Joseph, who probably retained it.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. 22The Lord supported the descendants of Joseph (the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh) only when they attacked Bethel together. Bethel was a sacred place for the Israelites since Jacob's time (Genesis 28:19). They failed when they attacked separately (Judges 1:27–29). Bethel is linked to the battle against Ai (Joshua 7:2) and is mentioned in the list of kings that Israel defeated (Joshua 12:16).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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