Disobedience and Defeat(A)

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.(B)

Joshua son of Nun,(C) the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten. And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres[a](D) in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:9 Also known as Timnath Serah (see Joshua 19:50 and 24:30)

The End of an Era

When Joshua dismissed[a] the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory,[b] intending to take possession of the land. The people worshiped[c] the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men[d] who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed[e] all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.[f] Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of 110. The people[g] buried him in his allotted land[h] in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 10 That entire generation passed away;[i] a new generation grew up[j] that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel.[k]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:6 tn Or “sent away.”
  2. Judges 2:6 tn Heb “the Israelites went each to his inheritance.”
  3. Judges 2:7 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
  4. Judges 2:7 tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”
  5. Judges 2:7 tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”
  6. Judges 2:7 tn Heb “the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”
  7. Judges 2:9 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  8. Judges 2:9 tn Heb “in the territory of his inheritance.”
  9. Judges 2:10 tn Heb “All that generation were gathered to their fathers.”
  10. Judges 2:10 tn Heb “arose after them.”
  11. Judges 2:10 tn Heb “that did not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel.” The expressions “personally experienced” and “seen” are interpretive.