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Judges 2:4 Explained in Context
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Verse 4. 4And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
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Role in This Section
This verse records Israel's collective weeping at the messenger's accusation.
Read It With
- Judges 2:1–5
Read Judges 2:1–5 together. This verse records Israel's collective weeping at the messenger's accusation. The messenger's covenant reminder, accusation, announced consequence, communal weeping, place-name, and sacrifice form one response scene; verse 6 resets to Joshua's dismissal.
Why It Needs Context
This verse records Israel's collective weeping at the messenger's accusation. It needs Judges 2:1–5 because The speech interprets chapter 1 theologically, shifting the issue from military capacity alone to broken covenant and religious accommodation.
Read Judges 2:1–5 together
Why these verses belong together: The messenger's covenant reminder, accusation, announced consequence, communal weeping, place-name, and sacrifice form one response scene; verse 6 resets to Joshua's dismissal.
Verse 1. 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 which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Verse 2. 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
Verse 3. 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
Verse 4. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Verse 5. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
Continue in Context
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Read Judges 2:1–5 — The messenger indicts Israel at BochimSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Judges 2:1–5, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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