The descendants of Joseph attacked the town of 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.
- BSB The house of Joseph also attacked 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.
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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 1:19Yahweh was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
- Josh 16:1–4The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.
- Josh 14:4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. They gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their livestock and for their property.
- Gen 49:24But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
- 2 Kgs 18:7Yahweh was with him. Wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn’t serve him.
- Num 1:32Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
- 1 Chr 7:29and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. The children of Joseph the son of Israel lived in these.
- Rev 7:8of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
- Num 1:10Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
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