Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Judges 1:22
And the house of Joseph, the Manassites and Ephraimite, they also went up against Bethel, a strongly fortified city, whose men had marched to the assistance of Ai, Joshua 8:17; and the Lord was with them.
And the house of Joseph, the Manassites and Ephraimite, they also went up against Bethel, a strongly fortified city, whose men had marched to the assistance of Ai, Joshua 8:17; and the Lord was with them.
Verse Judges 1:22. _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, thou...
Bethel was within the borders of Benjamin, but was captured, as we here learn, by the house of Joseph, who probably retained it....
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE INTRODUCTION: ISRAEL'S FAILURE AND THE RESULTS 1. Israel's Failure in mingling with the Canaanites CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The question and the answer (Judges 1:1)_ 2. Adon...
THE JOSEPHITES CAPTURE BETHEL. This is the only exploit of Ephraim and Manasseh recorded here, the purpose of the writer being rather to emphasize the incompleteness of the conquest than to enumerate...
JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 2:5. THE CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE ISRAELITES IN WESTERN PALESTINE. From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that t...
_the house of Joseph_ i.e. the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh (Joshua 17:17); from 2 Samuel 19:16; 2 Samuel 19:20 it appears that the tribe of Benjamin was included. _they also_ Just as Judah went up,...
_The fortunes of the house of Joseph_ The account of the capture of Beth-el (Judges 1:22) has all the marks of antiquity, like the early fragments preserved in Judges 1:1. After the invasion of the S...
THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH— Instead of בית _beth, house,_ the Cambridge Manuscript reads, _beni,_ the children, which seems to be the better reading, as the context is, _and they ascended,_ &c. The LXX and A...
_Conquest of Other Tribes Judges 1:22-36_ 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the Lord was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el (Now the name of...
_AND THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH, THEY ALSO WENT UP AGAINST BETHEL: AND THE LORD WAS WITH THEM._ The house of Joseph - the tribe of Ephraim, as distinguished from Manasseh (Judges 1:27)....
HOUSE OF JOSEPH] i.e. Ephraim and Manasseh, the leading division of the nation. Later writers use Ephraim as a synonym for the ten northern tribes (e.g. Hosea 11:8; Isaiah 28:3)....
INTRODUCTORY (JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 3:4) Division 1, Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5. This section of the book contains a brief recapitulation of the early conquest of Pa
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ ABOUT THIS BOOK BELIEFS The book called Judges was in the *Hebrew *Scriptures. It was in the section called Former (earlier) *Prophets. In Deuteronomy Chap...
THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH. — Ephraim and Manasseh. The narrative now leaves the conquest of southern for that of central Palestine (Joshua 16, 17). BETH-EL. — The position of this town on the “highway” betw...
וַ יַּעֲל֧וּ בֵית ־יֹוסֵ֛ף גַּם ־הֵ֖ם בֵּֽית־
THE WAY OF THE SWORD Judges 1:12 THE name Kiriath-sepher, that is Book-Town, has been supposed to point to the existence of a semi-popular literature among the pre-Judaean inhabitants of Canaan. We c...
FLAGGING IN THEIR GREAT TASK Judges 1:16; Judges 2:1 The conquest of Canaan was very partial. Israel dwelled among the ancient inhabitants of the land, much as the Normans did among the Anglo-Saxons,...
The Book of Judges covers historically a period from the death of Joshua to the judgeship of Samuel and the introduction of the monarchy. It opens with a description of the general condition of affair...
God selected Judah to lead the rest of the tribes into battle. Judah asked Simeon to go with him and promised to help him conquer his lot if he would help conquer that of Judah. They killed 10,000 Can...
_Of Joseph, on the west side of the Jordan, attacked Bethel, which it does not appear that Josue molested. (Haydock) --- Instead of house, some Hebrew manuscripts and the Arabic and Septuagint read, ...
The success of the house of Joseph is particularly marked in the cause of it. The Lord was with them. In the Chaldee paraphrase of this passage it is said, the word of Jehovah was with them, a well kn...
The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
Thus, in the beginning of the book, we see evil and failure, and also simple and blessed deliverances. But alas! the picture darkens more and more. There are grievous features even in the conduct of t...
AND THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH, THEY ALSO WENT UP AGAINST BETHEL,.... Which lay upon the borders of the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, Joshua 16:1; and though it seems to have been taken when Ai was,...
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD [was] with them. Ver. 22. _And the Lord was with them._] "The Lord, mighty in battle." And of some have compassion, making a d...
_The house of Joseph_ That is, the tribe of Ephraim. _Show us the entrance into the city_ That is, where it may be most easily entered. For they did not inquire the way to the gate, which, no doubt, w...
OF SOME; who have been bewildered as to truth and duty, seduced into error and sin. MAKING A DIFFERENCE; according to their character, condition, and wants; treating them gently and kindly, and thus...
[IOSHUAS EXHORTATION, HIS AGE, AND DEATH.] 1 The actes of Iudah and Simeon. 4 Adonibezek iustly requited. 8 Hierusalem taken. 10 Hebron taken. 11 Othniel hath Achsah to wife for taking of Debir....
INITIAL VICTORIES, YET IMPAIRED (vv. 1-26) Joshua having died, Israel does not subside into indifference, but realizes that there is territory that should be possessed. They therefore appeal to the...
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 c...
THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH, i.e. the tribe of Ephraim, as appears from their opposition to the tribe of Manasseh, JUDGES 1:27....
Judges 1:22 house H1004 Joseph H3130 up H5927 (H8799) Bethel H1008 LORD H3068 the house - Numbers
‘ And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.' It appears that Bethel, having possibly (but not necessarily) been taken along with Ai in the days of Joshua 8,...
Judges 1 AND JUDGES 2 The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and easily understood. He was strong and of a good courage, a man, fit not only for battle, but for tedious campaig...
CONTENTS: The incomplete victories of Judah, Benjamin and Manasseh. CHARACTERS: God, Judah, Simeon, Adoni-bezek, Caleb, Achsah, Othniel. CONCLUSION: God appoints service according to the strength He...
Judges 1:1. _After the death of Joshua,_ whose death was to the Jews the commencement of new troubles; they asked counsel of the Lord, as directed, Numbers 27:21, by Phinehas the priest. Judges 1:3. J...
_The house of Joseph _. .. _ went up against Bethel; and the Lord was with them._ SUCCESS IN CARRYING OUT GOD’S COMMANDS This work of the house of Joseph which they went about, namely, to take this c...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 1:22 After an initial success at Bethel (vv. Judges 1:22), six tribes failed to drive out the Canaanites from their territories (vv....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 1:17. And Judah went with Simeon.] The history is here resumed, after the digression (Judges 1:8). ZEPHATH OR HORMAH.] The latter name, meaning “_a devoting_,” was evidently g...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 1:21 This verse is identical with Joshua 15:63, except that there we read "the children of Judah" instead of "the children of Benjamin," as in this verse. The boundary line between...
Through Moses, the children of Israel were let out of Egypt and God began to form a national kind of identity and began to forge the beginnings of a nation. At the death of Moses, Joshua, who was the...
1 Chronicles 7:29; 2 Kings 18:7; Genesis 49:24; Joshua 14:4; Joshua
JUDE'S CERTAIN MEN _ The Book of Jude_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The statement, "Thy testimonies are wonderful" is nowhere more strikingly true than in the Book of Jude. No photographer ever made a better...
House of Joseph — That is, the tribe of Ephraim....