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The Book of Judges

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- Chapter 2 -

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The LORD’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to give your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you.
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You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice. Why have you done this?
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Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”
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When the LORD’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice and wept.
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They called the name of that place Bochim,(a) and they sacrificed there to the LORD.

Joshua’s Death and Burial

(Joshua 24:29–33)
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Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel each went to his inheritance to possess the land.
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The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD that he had worked for Israel.
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Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred ten years old.
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They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

(Isaiah 43:22–28; Jeremiah 2:23–37)
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After all that generation were gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who didn’t know the LORD, nor the work which he had done for Israel.
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The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and served the Baals.
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They abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; and they provoked the LORD to anger.
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They abandoned the LORD, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
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The LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
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Wherever they went out, the LORD’s hand was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken, and as the LORD had sworn to them; and they were very distressed.

Judges Raised Up

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The LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
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Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they prostituted themselves to other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They quickly turned away from the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the LORD’s commandments. They didn’t do so.
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When the LORD raised up judges for them, then the LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it grieved the LORD because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.
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But when the judge was dead, they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers in following other gods to serve them and to bow down to them. They didn’t cease what they were doing, or give up their stubborn ways.
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The LORD’s anger burned against Israel; and he said, “Because this nation transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not listened to my voice,
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I also will no longer drive out any of the nations that Joshua left when he died from before them;
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that by them I may test Israel, to see if they will keep the LORD’s way to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.”
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So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily. He didn’t deliver them into Joshua’s hand.

Footnotes

(a)2:5 “Bochim” means “weepers”.
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And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.(a)
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And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
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Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
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And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
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And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord .(b)

Joshua’s Death and Burial

(Joshua 24:29–33)
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And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
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And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord , that he did for Israel.(c)
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And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord , died, being an hundred and ten years old.
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And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.(d)

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

(Isaiah 43:22–28; Jeremiah 2:23–37)
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And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord , nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
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And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord , and served Baalim:
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And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.
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And they forsook the Lord , and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
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And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
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Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

Judges Raised Up

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Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.(e)
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And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord ; but they did not so.
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And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
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And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.(f) (g)
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And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
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I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
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That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
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Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.(h)

Footnotes

(a)2:1 angel: or, messenger
(b)2:5 Bochim: that is, Weepers
(c)2:7 outlived: Heb. prolonged days after
(d)2:9 Timnath–heres: also called, Timnath–serah
(e)2:16 delivered: Heb. saved
(f)2:19 corrupted…: or, were corrupt
(g)2:19 ceased…: Heb. let nothing fall of their
(h)2:23 left: or, suffered
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