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So they named that place Bochim,[a] and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord there.

Death of Joshua and his generation

When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites each went to settle on their own family property in order to take possession of the land. The people served the Lord throughout the rest of Joshua’s life and throughout the next generation of elders who outlived him, those who had seen all the great things that the Lord had done for Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:5 Or weepers or weeping

and they called that place Bokim.[a](A) There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.

Disobedience and Defeat(B)

After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to their own inheritance. The people served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:5 Bokim means weepers.