Judges 2:5

So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

6After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:26And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.

Judges 13:19Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.

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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