Lord: holocausts to acknowledge his dominion, and sacrifices of expiation for the transgressions of the people. Only the tabernacle and temple were appointed for such sacrifices, though they might be offered elsewhere by dispensation. (St. Augustine, q. 36.) (Worthington)
Verse Judges 2:5. _THEY CALLED THE NAME OF THAT PLACE BOCHIM_] The word בכים _bochim_ signifies _weepings_ or _lamentations_; and is translated by the Septuagint Κλαυθυων or Κλαυθυωνες, _bewailings_;...
BOCHIM - i. e. weepers. It was near Shechem, but the site is unknown. Compare the names given to places for similar reasons in Genesis 35:8; Genesis 50:11....
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:...
JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 2:5. THE CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE ISRAELITES IN WESTERN PALESTINE. From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that t...
_Bochim_ i.e. -Weepers." The author sees in this name of the place a recollection of the Angel's reproof and the people's repentance. But such a form as Bochim, active ptcp. plur., is very unusual in...
Judges 2:1-5. _The angel of Jehovah moves from Gilgal; he rebukes Israel's unfaithfulness. Origin of Bochim_ This section connects with ch. 1. The going up of the Angel of Jehovah from Gilgal to Beth...
DISCOURSE: 262 THE DANGER OF INDECISION Judges 2:1. 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 winch I sware...
_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 unt...
_AND THEY CALLED THE NAME OF THAT PLACE BOCHIM: AND THEY SACRIFICED THERE UNTO THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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 Pa
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...
BOCHIM. — (Comp. Genesis 35:8; Genesis 1:11.) It was like “the Jews’ wailing-place” in modern Jerusalem. THEY SACRIFICED THERE UNTO THE LORD. — It is not _necessary_ to infer from this that Bochim mus...
וַֽ יִּקְרְא֛וּ שֵֽׁם ־הַ מָּקֹ֥ום הַ ה֖וּא
AT BOCHIM: THE FIRST PROPHET VOICE Judges 2:1 FROM the time of Abraham on to the settlement in Canaan the Israelites had kept the faith of the one God. They had their origin as a people in a decisive...
FLAGGING IN THEIR GREAT TASK Judges 1:16; Judges 2:1 The conquest of Canaan was very partial. Israel dwelled among the ancient inhabitants of the land, much as the Normans did among the Anglo-Saxons,...
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...
The angel of the Lord came to the people and told them he would no longer fight for them because they had failed to follow his directions. They had made covenants with the people in direct violation o...
The effect of the Sermon of the angel was as might be supposed. They were stung to the heart in the recollection of God's mercy, and their unworthiness; and they wept. Bochim means weepers. Was not th...
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...
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...
AND THEY CALLED THE NAME OF THAT PLACE BOCHIM,.... Which signifies "weepers", from the general lamentation of the people, which before had another name; very probably it was Shiloh itself since all Is...
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. Ver. 5. _And they called the name of that place Bochim,_] _i.e., _ Weepers. As they had formerly filled God's b...
_Ye shall make no league_, &c. These express and frequently-repeated commands of God they had disobeyed. _Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out_, &c. That is, I have now taken up this perem...
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...
THE REPROOF OF THE ANGEL OF THE LORD...
And they called the name of that place, probably before Shiloh, where the people may have been assembled for one of the great festivals, BOCHIM (weepers); AND THEY SACRIFICED THERE UNTO THE LORD, sin-...
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 Gilg...
BOCHIM: that is, Weepers...
1-5 It was the great Angel of the covenant, the Word, the Son of God, who spake with Divine authority as Jehovah, and now called them to account for their disobedience. God sets forth what he had don...
For the expiation of their sins, by which they had provoked God to this resolution; and for the regaining of God's favour....
Judges 2:5 called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 place H4725 Bochim H1066 sacrificed H2076 (H8799) LORD H3068 Bo
THE ANGEL OF YAHWEH QUESTIONS WHY THEY HAVE BEEN DISOBEDIENT AND THE PEOPLE MAKE A SHOW OF REPENTANCE (JUDGES 2:1). Judges 2:1 a ‘ And the Angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said,...
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; f...
Judges 2:1 This is clearly an incident to arrest our attention and to arouse our curiosity. Let us inquire: (1) Who this angel was? (2) What the meaning of "Gilgal" and "Bochim" is; and (3) What sign...
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...
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...
_An angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim._ THE ISRAELITES AT BOCHIM I. The Assembly convened: “All the children of Israel.” II. The messenger employed. This “angel of the Lord “ is said t...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 2:5 THEY SACRIFICED THERE. The Israelites were apparently upset by God’s threats (v. Judges 2:4), and they responded by offering a sacrifice. If they were truly rep
_THE BEGINNING OF THE LORD’S REBUKE_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 2:1. An angel of the Lord.] Not merely “_a messenger_,” but the “_angel of Jehovah_.” “The phrase is used nearly sixty times to designate...
EXPOSITION It is often extremely difficult to make out the _sequence_ of a Hebrew narrative, the narrator going back and travelling over the same ground in respect _of time _which he had already trave...
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...
1 Samuel 7:9; Genesis 35:8; Joshua 7:26; Judges 13:19; Judges 6:24...
Bochim — That is, Weepers. They sacrificed — For the expiation of their sins, by which they had provoked God to this resolution....