Judges 2:5

And the name of that place was called, the Place of Weeping, or the Place of Tears. And they immolated victims to the Lord in that place.

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In The King James Version

And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.

In Context

4And when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, they lifted up their voice, and they wept.

6Then Joshua dismissed the people, and the sons of Israel went away, each one to his own possession, so that they might obtain it.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:26And they gathered upon him a great pile of stones, which remains even to the present day. And the fury of the Lord was averted from them. And the name of that place was called the Valley of Achor, even to this day.

Judges 13:19And so, Manoah took a kid from the goats, and libations, and he placed them upon a rock, as an offering to the Lord, who accomplishes wonders. Then he and his wife watched.

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:2-6

An Angel Rebukes the Israelites. ( b. c. 1425.) 1 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. 2 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? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as… Read the whole commentary →

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