Judg 2:1-10 | ESV | STEP | Now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim . And he said , I brought you up from Egypt and brought you into the land that I swore to give to your fathers . I said , I will never break my covenant with you,

Judges 2:1-10

Israel’s Disobedience

1 Now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to ^aBochim. And he said, “I brought you up from Egypt and brought you into the land that I swore to give to your fathers. I said, ^b‘I will never break my covenant with you, 2 ^cand you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ^dyou shall break down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed my voice. What is this you have done? 3 So now I say, ^eI will not drive them out before you, but they shall become ^fthorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.” 4 As soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim. ^{▼▼ Bochim means weepers} And they sacrificed there to the Lord.

The Death of Joshua

6 When Joshua dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land. 7 ^hAnd the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the Lord had done for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110 years. 9 And they buried him within the boundaries of ⁱhis inheritance in Timnath-heres, ^jin the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash. 10 And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.