Judges 2:5

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 messenger of the Lord spoke these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

6And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to take possession of the land.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:26And they raised over him a great heap of stones [which is] 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 13:19And Manoach took the kid and the meat-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto the Lord: and he did wondrously; and Manoach 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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