"And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corruptede themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way."
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Verse Judges 2:19. _WHEN THE JUDGE WAS DEAD_] It appears that in
general the office of the judge was _for life_.
_THEIR STUBBORN WAY._] Their _hard_ or _difficult way_. Most sinners
go through great...
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2. THE ANGEL AT BOCHIM AND THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE BOOK
Chapter S 2:1-3:4
_ 1. The angel at Bochim (Judges 2:1)_
2. Israel's obedience remembered (Judges 2:6)
3. Israel's strange gods (Judges 2:...
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WHEN. Compare Judges 3:12....
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_when the judge was dead … they turned back_ e.g. Judges 4:1; Judges
8:33; the whole period is a continual repetition of apostasy,
subjugation, the cry for help, the deliverance such is the Dtc.
edito...
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_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,...
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_AND YET THEY WOULD NOT HEARKEN UNTO THEIR JUDGES BUT THEY WENT A
WHORING AFTER OTHER GODS AND BOWED_ _ AND YET THEY WOULD NOT HEARKEN
UNTO THEIR JUDGES, BUT THEY WENT A WHORING AFTER OTHER GODS, AND...
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INTRODUCTORY (JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 3:4)
Division 1, Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5.
This section of the book contains a brief recapitulation of the early
conquest of Palestine, told from a somewhat differe...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 2
V1 The *angel of the *Lord came from Gilgal to Bokim. He said ‘I
brought you out of Egypt. And then I brought you into the country that
I promised...
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THEY CEASED NOT FROM THEIR OWN DOINGS. — Literally, as in the
margin, “they let nothing fall of their deeds.”
STUBBORN. — They are called “stiff-necked” in Exodus 32:9;
Deuteronomy 10:16; Acts 7:51. T...
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וְ הָיָ֣ה ׀ בְּ מֹ֣ות הַ שֹּׁופֵ֗ט
יָשֻׁ֨בוּ֙ וְ הִשְׁחִ֣יתוּ מֵֽ
אֲבֹותָ֔ם לָ לֶ֗כֶת אַֽחֲרֵי֙...
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AMONG THE ROCKS OF PAGANISM
Judges 2:7
"AND Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being a
hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his
inheritance in Timnath-he...
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INEFFECTUAL PENITENCE
Judges 2:16
This paragraph is an epitome of this book, which covers some 450
years, Acts 13:20. Israel lacks unity and kingship; and in that
reminds us of the heart of the man w...
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The fact of Israel's failure is still further revealed in this
chapter. In the first five verses we have the account of the coming of
a messenger from Gilgal. This messenger, referred to as "the angel...
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_And did. Hebrew, "and corrupted themselves. " Septuagint, "were more
depraved than," &c. --- By which, &c., is put instead of the Hebrew,
"their stubborn (or hard) (Haydock) Chaldean, 'corrupt' way....
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All these verses fold up in their contents the two great leading
points of the gospel doctrine, namely, human depravity, and divine
benignity. In the forbearance of God, and the continued provocations...
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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Alas! if such was the condition of the people, and they were satisfied
with it, chastening, as at Ai, was no longer in question. But the
angel of Jehovah (the operative power of God in the midst of th...
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AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE JUDGE WAS DEAD,.... Any one of them, the
first and so all succeeding ones:
[THAT] THEY RETURNED; to their evil ways and idolatrous practices,
from which they reformed, a...
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_And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, [that] they returned,
and corrupted [themselves] more than their fathers, in following other
gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased n...
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_For it repented the Lord_ That is, the Lord changed his course and
dealings with them, as penitent men use to do; removed his judgments,
and returned to them in mercy. _When the judge was dead they r...
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1 An Angel rebuketh the people at Bochim.
6 The wickednesse of the new generation after Ioshua.
14 Gods anger and pitie towards them.
20 The Canaanites are left to prooue Israel.
1 AND an [NOTE: O...
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THE CORRUPTION OF THE PEOPLE AND ITS PUNISHMENT...
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THE REPROOF OF THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
(vv. 1-6)
Israel's failure called for strong reproof. THE angel of the Lord, who
is the Lord Himself, not A messenger from God, but THE messenger, came
from Gil...
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CORRUPTED THEMSELVES:
Or, were corrupt
THEY CEASED NOT FROM THEIR OWN:
_ Heb._ they let nothing fall of their...
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6-23 We have a general idea of the course of things in Israel, during
the time of the Judges. The nation made themselves as mean and
miserable by forsaking God, as they would have been great and happ...
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THEY RETURNED to their former, and usual, and natural, though
interrupted course. MORE THAN THEIR FATHERS, in Egypt or in the
wilderness. FROM THEIR OWN DOINGS, i.e. from their evil practices,
which h...
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Judges 2:19 judge H8199 (H8802) dead H4194 reverted H7725 (H8799)
corruptly H7843 (H8689) fathers H1 following H3212 (H8800) H310 other
H312 gods H430 serve H5647 (H8800) down H7812 (H8692) cease H530...
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‘ And it happened that, when the judge was dead, they turned back
and dealt more corruptly than their fathers in following other gods to
serve them, and to bow down to them. They did not cease from th...
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Judges 1 and 2
The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and
easily understood. He was strong and of a good courage, a man, fit not
only for battle, but for tedious campaigning;...
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CONTENTS: Review of Israelitish invasion of Canaan up to Joshua's
death. Results of incomplete obedience. Judges instituted.
CHARACTERS: God, angel of Jehovah (Jesus) Joshua.
CONCLUSION: God never d...
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Judges 2:1. _An Angel of the Lord._ Jewish writers in succession speak
of this as a created angel: but no mere angel would dare to speak as
Jehovah. It was therefore the Angel of the covenant, the sam...
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_The Lord raised up Judges._
THE JUDGES, THEIR CHOICE, FUNCTION, AND ADMINISTRATION
I. These men, in some of whom the miraculous operations of the Holy
Spirit were singularly manifested, were not ch...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Judges 2:18. For it repented the Lord because of their groanings.]
“Because the Lord had compassion upon their sighing.” [_Keil_.]
“ ‘The Lord was moved with compassion,’ or ‘was gri...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 2:14, JUDGES 2:15
THE ANGER OF THE LORD, etc. These verses contain an awful view of the
wrath of God excited by wilful sin, and are a practical illustration
of Exodus 20:5 : "_I am...
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So in chapter two we read,
AND the angel of the LORD came from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made
you to go up out of Egypt, and brought you into the land which I sware
to your fathers; and I said, I...
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1 Samuel 15:23; 2 Chronicles 24:17; 2 Chronicles 24:18; Jeremiah
16:12; Jeremiah 23:17; Jeremiah 3:17; Joshua 24:31; Judges 2:7; Judges
3:11;...
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Returned — To their former, and usual course. Their fathers — In
Egypt, or in the wilderness. Their own doings — That is, from their
evil practices, which he calls their own, because they were agreeab...