Judges 1 · Verse 22

Judges 1:22

And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the Lord was with them.
Judges 1:22, King James Version

Judges 1:22 in other translations

BSBThe house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
WEBThe house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
ASVAnd the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.
YLTAnd the house of Joseph go up--even they--to Beth-El, and Jehovah is with them;
DARBYAnd the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Jehovah was with them.
BBEAnd the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.
WebsterAnd the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.

What does Judges 1:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 1:17-36

17-29. 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 The 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 בית יוסף beith Yoseph, "the house of Joseph," ten of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. and six of De Rossi's have בני יוסף beney Yoseph, "the children of Joseph;" and this is the reading of both the Septuagint and Arabic, as well as of two copies in the Hexapla of Origen.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 1:21-36

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…

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Judges 1:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּעֲל֧וּvai.ya.'a.Luand they went upH5927
בֵית\־veit-[the] house ofH1004
יוֹסֵ֛ףyo.SefJosephH3130
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
הֵ֖םhemtheyH1992
בֵּֽית\־beit-Beth-H1008
אֵ֑ל'El-elH1008
וַֽיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068
עִמָּֽם\׃'i.Mam[was] with <the> themH5973

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 1:22

  • Judges 1:19

    And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:29

    And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth–shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

  • Joshua 16:1-4

    And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth–el, And goeth out from Beth–el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth–horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

  • Genesis 49:24

    But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

  • Joshua 14:4

    For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

  • Numbers 1:10

    Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

  • Numbers 1:32

    Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

  • 2 Kings 18:7

    And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

  • Revelation 7:8

    Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

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the house.
Nu 1:10,32; Jos 14:4; 16:1-4; 1Ch 7:29; Re 7:8
the Lord.
19; Ge 49:24; 2Ki 18:7

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Context

  • Judges 1:21

    And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

  • Judges 1:22

    And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the Lord was with them.

  • Judges 1:23

    And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth–el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

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Judges 1:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
También los de la casa de José subieron á Beth-el; y fué Jehová con ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la maison de Joseph, eux aussi, montèrent à Béthel, et l’ Éternel fut avec eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das Haus Joseph, auch sie zogen nach Bethel hinauf, und Jehova war mit ihnen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Domus quoque Joseph ascendit in Bethel, fuitque Dominus cum eis.