Judges 1:23

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

21But the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, so the Jebusites continued to live with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. 22Also the house of Joseph marched against Bethel, and Adonai was with them. The house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz). 24Now the scouts saw a man coming out from the city and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city and we will deal kindly with you.” 25So he showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man go free with all his family.

Judges 1:23 word by word

וַיָּתִ֥ירוּ בֵית־יוֹסֵ֖ף בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל וְשֵׁם־הָעִ֥יר לְפָנִ֖ים לֽוּז׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Josephיוֹסֵףyôsêph · JosephH3130
• sent to descryתּוּרtûr · to spyH8446
• Beth–elבֵּֽיתְ־אֵלbêyth-'êl · BethelH1008
• Now the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Luzלוּזlûz · LuzH3870

Cross-references for Judges 1:23

• Judges 18:2So the children of Dan sent five men from their clan, out of their entire population, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it, and said to them, “Go, explore the land.” When they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
• Joshua 2:1Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent out two spies from Shittim saying: “Go, explore the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and came to the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.
• Joshua 7:2Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and spoke to them saying: “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
• Genesis 28:19He called the name of that place Beth-El (though originally the city’s name was Luz).
• Genesis 35:6Then Jacob arrived at Luz in the land of Canaan (that is Beth-El), he and all the people who were with him.
• Genesis 48:3Then Jacob said to Joseph, “El Shaddai appeared to me in 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

Topics related to Judges 1:23

• Armies
• Beth-El
• Canaanites
• Ephraim
• Mercy
• Reconnoissance

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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