1. Judges 1:22 (ESV)
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To which tribe was Bethel allotted?

Judges 1:22 (ESV)

22 The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

It was allotted to the tribes of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh) (Joshua 16:1–2, but it belonged to Benjamin (Joshua 18:13–22; Nehemiah 11:31; but cf. 1 Chronicles 7:28, which refers to the tribes of Joseph).

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