The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
Parallel translations
- WEB The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.
- KJV And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.
- NKJV And the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
- NASB Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
- NLT The descendants of Joseph attacked the town of Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
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Quick answer
The house of Joseph attacks Bethel, and the LORD is with them. It matters because God's presence again secures victory for the obedient.
Overview
The Joseph tribes (Ephraim and Manasseh) move against Bethel, and Yahweh accompanies them. The repeated phrase 'the LORD was with them' marks where success truly comes from. Bethel, the place where Jacob met God, is reclaimed, underscoring that God grants victory where his people act in dependence on him.
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Cross-references · 9
- Judg 1:19The 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.
- Josh 16:1–4The 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.
- Josh 14:4The 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.
- Gen 49:24Yet 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,
- 2 Kgs 18:7And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
- Num 1:32From 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,
- 1 Chr 7:29And 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.
- Rev 7:8from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
- Num 1:10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
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