The Meaning of Judges 1:22 Explained

Judges 1:22

KJV: And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.

YLT: And the house of Joseph go up -- even they -- to Beth-El, and Jehovah is with them;

Darby: The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel; and the LORD was with them.

ASV: And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the house  of Joseph,  they also went up  against Bethel:  and the LORD  [was] with them. 

What does Judges 1:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 1:16-36 - Flagging In Their Great Task
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, whom they found in England; and the mixture of the two peoples was the beginning of moral degeneracy and decline in the chosen race. Wherever there was the old-time faith in God, as in the case of Caleb, the land was cleared of the Canaanite; but where God was out, the Canaanite was in.
So it is in the life of the soul. It is intended that the whole should be yielded to Christ, that no evil passion should reign, that no besetting sin should enthrall. But how often Christian people give up the fight! They say that the old Adam is too strong for them, and settle down to a joint-occupation. Let us not yield to reasoning like this! The Lion of Judah can break every chain. By faith in Him we can be more than conquerors! The Holy Spirit strives with the flesh, so that we may not do as otherwise we would. Only give Him the right of way! Sin shall not reign in your mortal body! [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 1

1  The acts of Judah and Simeon
4  Adonibezek justly requited
8  Jerusalem taken
10  Hebron taken
11  Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir
16  The Kenites dwell in Judah
17  Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken
21  The acts of Benjamin
22  Of the house of Joseph, who take Bethel
30  Of Zebulun
31  Of Asher
33  Of Naphtali
34  Of Dan

What do the individual words in Judges 1:22 mean?

And went up the house of Joseph also they [were] against Bethel and Yahweh [was] with them
וַיַּעֲל֧וּ בֵית־ יוֹסֵ֛ף גַּם־ הֵ֖ם בֵּֽית־ אֵ֑ל וַֽיהוָ֖ה עִמָּֽם

וַיַּעֲל֧וּ  And  went  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
בֵית־  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יוֹסֵ֛ף  of  Joseph 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄוסֵף  
Sense: the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel.
גַּם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
הֵ֖ם  they  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
בֵּֽית־  against 
Parse: Preposition
אֵ֑ל  Bethel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית־אֵל  
Sense: ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name).
וַֽיהוָ֖ה  and  Yahweh  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
עִמָּֽם  with  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.