Judges 1:22

_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)....

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 forty years out of Canaan, kept them now out of the full possession of it. Distrust of the power and promise of God deprived them of advantages, and brought them into troubles. Thus many a believer who begins well is hindered. His graces languish, his lusts revive, Satan plies him with suitable temptations, the world recovers its hold; he brings guilt into his conscience, anguish into his heart, discredit on his character, and reproach on the gospel. Though he may have...

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, 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_....

Bethel was within the borders of Benjamin, but was captured, as we here learn, by the house of Joseph, who probably retained it....

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 Judah and Jerusalem passed through JEBUS or JEBUSI, as Jerusalem was anciently called (see Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:28; Judges 19:10, Judges 19:11;...

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, Joshua 8:17; yet it appears that it was now in the possession of the Canaanites; wherefore the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh being desirous of enlarging their borders after the example of Judah, went against this place in order to take it: AND THE LORD [WAS] WITH THEM; the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, directing, assisting, and succeeding them in their attempt....

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. Adoni-Bezek (Judges 1:5) 3. Jerusalem (Judges 1:8) 4. Judah's victory and failure (Judges 1:9) 5. The children of Benjamin and their failure (Judges 1:21) 6. The failures of others (Judges 1:22) The book begins with an inquiry of the Lord.

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 the various tribes invaded the land either singly or in small groups; that they had failures as well as successes; that in many instances they did not destroy the older population, but settled peacefully among them; and that, in particular, the larger cities of Canaan, as well as the fertile valleys and the Maritime Plain, remained in the possession of the Canaanites. The conquests of Judah were separated from those of Joseph by a belt of walled cities with Jerusalem in its centre. Another line of strongholds, extending from Bethshan near the Jordan to Dor on the sea coast, shut up Ephraim and Manasseh in the central highland

_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, Judges 1:4. _Beth-el_ The modern Bçtîn, about four hours N. of Jerusalem, 2880 ft. above the sea, and high up in the Central Range (cf. Judges 4:5; Judges 20:18; Judges 20:31 e

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 Arabick read _children._...