A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 2 Judges 2:1-5 _The assembly at Bochim._ The people of Israel were met by the angel of the Lord at Bochim. They were rebuked for their wicked ways, and they wept sorely as their sins were brought to their attention. For this reason, the place received the name _Bochim_ which me... [ Continue Reading ]
_Angel of the Lord Rebukes Israel Judges 2:1-5_ 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... [ Continue Reading ]
General Religious Characterization of the Period Judges 2:6 to Judges 3:6 _The Death of Joshua Judges 2:6-10_ 6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Israel's Apostasy Judges 2:11-15_ 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: 12 And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and b... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ministry of the Judges Judges 2:16-23_ 16 Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out o... [ Continue Reading ]