Judges 1:22 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 1:22

20 ^aAnd they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said. Then he¹ expelled from there the ^bthree sons of Anak.

21 ^aBut the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

22 And the¹ house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, ^aand the Lord was with them.

23 So the¹ house of Joseph ^asent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly ^bLuz.)

24 And when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and ^awe will show you mercy.”

25 So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.

26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

Incomplete Conquest of the Land

27 ^aHowever, Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its villages, or ^bTaanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of ^cDor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

Verse Comparison: Judges 1:22

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American Standard Version
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.

Amplified® Bible
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

Contemporary English Version
The Ephraim and Manasseh tribes were getting ready to attack Bethel, which at that time was called Luz. And the LORD helped them when they sent spies to find out as much as they could about Bethel.

Darby English Version
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel; and the LORD was with them.

Good News Bible
The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to attack the city of Bethel, at that time called Luz. The LORD helped them. They sent spies to the city,

King James Version
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.

New American Standard Bible
Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

New International Version
Now the house of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

New King James Version
And the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the LORD accompanied them.

Revised Standard Version
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel; and the LORD was with them.

Young's Literal Translation
And the house of Joseph go up -- even they -- to Beth-El, and Jehovah `is' with them;

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