Judges 2:5

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

6Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:26And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called The valley of Achor, unto this day.

Judges 13:19So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto the LORD; and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.

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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