To descry Beth-el. — The word perhaps implies a regular siege, and it is so understood by the LXX. (Cod. Alex.) and the Vulgate.
Luz. — We are also told that this was the original name of the city in Genesis 28:19; but there seems to be in that verse a distinction between the city and the place of Jacob’s dream. (Comp. Joshua 16:2.) The name means either “hazel,” or “sinking,” i.e., a valley depression.
Verse Judges 1:23. _BETH-EL - THE NAME OF THE CITY BEFORE_ WAS _LUZ._] Concerning this city and its names, Genesis 28:19....
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...
LUZ. Compare Genesis 28:19, and see Joshua 16:1; Joshua 16:2. Luz and Beth-el not two cities. 34 SPIES. sentries....
_sent to spy out Beth-el_ lit. _made a reconnaissance at B_. Perhaps we should read -encamped against B.," as LXX and Vulgate imply. _Now the name … Luz_ A gloss, as in Genesis 28:19; cf. _ib._Genesis...
_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...
_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 SENT TO DESCRY BETHEL. (NOW THE NAME OF THE CITY BEFORE WAS LUZ.)_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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
DESCRY] RV 'spy out.' BETH-EL] 9 ½ m. N. of Jerusalem. See Genesis 28:19; Genesis 35:6....
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...
וַ יָּתִ֥ירוּ בֵית ־יֹוסֵ֖ף בְּ בֵֽית־אֵ֑ל וְ
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...
_Besieging. Hebrew, "sent to descry," or they came upon it like spies._...
Bethel is a memorable name in scripture, ever since the Patriarch Jacob made it so. All true believers in Jesus know this name, and can tell, as Jacob did, what Bethel visits mean. Reader! was not tha...
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 SENT TO DESCRY BETHEL,.... To reconnoitre the place, to observe its passes and avenues, which were most accessible, and to examine the walls of it, where they were weakest and...
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before [was] Luz.) Ver. 23. _Now the name of the city before was Luz,_] _i.e., _ An almond, or a filbert; perhaps from the ple...
_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...
OTHERS SAVE WITH FEAR; present alarming considerations to arouse them, as you would were they asleep in a house on fire. HATING EVEN THE GARMENT; abhorring and avoiding every thing connected with thes...
[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....
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel, a scouting party. (Now the name of the city before was Luz, namely, in ancient times, when the country was still in the hands of the Canaanites.) "As Jeb...
VARIOUS HEATHEN LEFT IN CANAAN...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Judges 1:23 house H1004 Joseph H3130 out H8446 (H8686) Bethel H1008 name H8034 city H5892 formerly H6440 Luz...
‘ And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. Now the name of the city was previously Luz ' Scouts were sent out to weigh up the situation and bring back information that would aid in the attack....
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...
Genesis 28:19; Genesis 35:6; Genesis 48:3; Joshua 2:1; Joshua 7:2;...
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...