Judg 2:1-6 | 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 2:1-6

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.