² and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi `to' Ataroth,

¹³ and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it `is' Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down `to' Atroth-Addar, by the hill that `is' on the south of the lower Beth-Horon;

¹⁹ and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, `house of God,' and yet, Luz `is' the name of the city at the first.

²² And the house of Joseph go up -- even they -- to Beth-El, and Jehovah `is' with them;

²³ and the house of Joseph cause `men' to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),

²⁴ and the watchers see a man coming out from the city, and say to him, `Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance of the city, and we have done with thee kindness.'

²⁵ And he sheweth them the entrance of the city, and they smite the city by the mouth of the sword, and the man and all his family they have sent away;

²⁶ and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz -- it `is' its name unto this day.

¹⁶ and it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Let the king live! let the king live!'

³³ and Ahithophel `is' counsellor to the king; and Hushai the Archite `is' the friend of the king;