Joshua 16:2

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Joshua 16:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 The 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.

2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.

3 Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.

4 So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.

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Joshua 18:13

From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

Genesis 28:19

and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

Judges 1:22

The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

Judges 1:23

They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),

Judges 1:24

and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”

Judges 1:25

So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.

Judges 1:26

And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.

2 Samuel 16:16

And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

1 Chronicles 27:33

Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.