Judges 2:1

And the Messenger of YHWH goes up from Gilgal to Bochim,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2and says, “I cause you to come up out of Egypt, and bring you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers, and say, I do not break My covenant with you for all time; and you make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land—you break down their altars; and you have not listened to My voice—what [is] this you have done?

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Cross References

Genesis 16:7And the Messenger of YHWH finds her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way [to] Shur,

Genesis 17:7And I have established My covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you, throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant, to become God to you, and to your seed after you;

Genesis 22:16and says, “I have sworn by Myself—a declaration of YHWH—that because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only one,

Genesis 48:16the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil blesses the youths, and my name is called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.”

Exodus 14:14YHWH fights for you, and you keep silent.”

Exodus 20:2“I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:1

In this chapter we have, I. A particular message which God sent to Israel by an angel, and the impression it made upon them, ver. 1-5 . II. A general idea of the state of Israel during the government of the judges, in which observe, 1. Their adherence to God while Joshua and the elders lived, ver. 6-10 . 2. Their revolt afterwards to idolatry, ver. 11-13 . 3. God's displeasure against them, and his judgments upon them for it, ver. 14, 15 . 4. His pity towards them, shown in raising them up deliverers, ver. 16-18 .… Read the whole commentary →

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