Bible Strands
Judges 1:22
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The house of Joseph attacks Bethel during the early tribal conquests, immediately following the Benjamites' failure to displace the Jebusites from Jerusalem.
The words — וַ/יַּעֲל֧וּ (va/i.ya.'a.Lu) translates literally as "and they went up," denoting the military ascent, while בֵית יוֹסֵף (beit Yosef) identifies the attacking force as Joseph's descendants.
The thread — The text's pattern of Yahweh's presence accompanying tribal warfare appears in Judges 1:19, while the tribal designation links to the lineage in Numbers 1:10 and the patriarchal blessing in Genesis 49:24.
Why it lands — The verse records a successful campaign accompanied by divine presence, requiring the reader to observe how specific tribes advance under Yahweh's support before the narrative shifts to subsequent conquest failures.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the Lord was with them.
Cross-references
- Judges 1:19 The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.
- Genesis 49:24 Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
- Numbers 1:10 from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
- Numbers 1:32 From the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- Joshua 14:4 The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
- Joshua 16:1 The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
- 2 Kings 18:7 And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
- 1 Chronicles 7:29 And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
- Revelation 7:8 from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.