Judges 2:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they called the name of that place Bochim:b and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. ”

Judges 2:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bochim - i. e. weepers. It was near Shechem, but the site is unknown. Compare the names given to places for similar reasons in Genesis 35:8 ; Genesis 50:11 .
Judges 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 . The Conquests and Settlements of the Israelites in Western Palestine. From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn...
Judges 2:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 262 THE DANGER OF INDECISION Judges 2:1-5 . 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 winc...
Judges 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. They called the name of that place Bochim - The word בכים bochim signifies weepings or lamentations; and is tra...
Judges 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Judges 2:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Introductory ( Judges 1:1 to Judges 3:4 ) Division 1, Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 . This section of the book contains a brief recapitulation of the early conquest of Palestine, told from a some...
Judges 2:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bochim. — (Comp. Genesis 35:8 ; Genesis 1:11 .) It was like “the Jews’ wailing-place” in modern Jerusalem. They sacrificed there unto the Lord. — It is not necessary to infer from this that...
Judges 2:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

AT BOCHIM: THE FIRST PROPHET VOICE Judges 2:1-5 FROM the time of Abraham on to the settlement in Canaan the Israelites had kept the faith of the one God. They had their origin as a people in a...
Judges 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Flagging in Their Great Task Judges 1:16-36 ; Judges 2:1-5 The conquest of Canaan was very partial. Israel dwelled among the ancient inhabitants of the land, much as the Normans did among the...
Judges 2:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The fact of Israel's failure is still further revealed in this chapter. In the first five verses we have the account of the coming of a messenger from Gilgal. This messenger, referred to as "the ange...
Judges 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The effect of the Sermon of the angel was as might be supposed. They were stung to the heart in the recollection of God's mercy, and their unworthiness; and they wept. Bochim means weepers. Was not t...
Judges 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they called the name of that place Bochim ,.... Which signifies "weepers", from the general lamentation of the people, which before had another name; very probably it was Shiloh itself since all...
Judges 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. Ver. 5. And they called the name of that place Bochim, ] i.e., Weepers. As they had formerly filled God's...
Judges 2:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye shall make no league , &c. These express and frequently-repeated commands of God they had disobeyed. Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out , &c. That is, I have now taken up t...
Judges 2:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE REPROOF OF THE ANGEL OF THE LORD (vv. 1-6) Israel's failure called for strong reproof. The angel of the Lord, who is the Lord Himself, not a messenger from God, but the messenger, c...
Judges 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Angel Rebukes the Israelites. B. C. 1425. 1 And an angel of the L ORD came up from G...
Judges 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For the expiation of their sins, by which they had provoked God to this resolution; and for the regaining of God's favour.
Judges 2:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Angel of Yahweh Questions Why They Have Been Disobedient And The People Make a Show of Repentance ( Judges 2:1-5 ). Judges 2:1-2 a ‘ And the Angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim....
Judges 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE BEGINNING OF THE LORD’S REBUKE CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 2:1 . An angel of the Lord.] Not merely “ a messenger ,” but the “ angel of Jehovah .” “The phrase is used nearly sixty times to desi...
Judges 2:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 2:1-5 This is clearly an incident to arrest our attention and to arouse our curiosity. Let us inquire: (1) Who this angel was? (2) What the meaning of "Gilgal" and "Bochim" is; and (3) What...
Judges 2:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 2:1 . An Angel of the Lord. Jewish writers in succession speak of this as a created angel: but no mere angel would dare to speak as Jehovah. It was therefore the Angel of the covenant, the...
Judges 2:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

An angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. The Israelites at Bochim I. The Assembly convened: “All the children of Israel.” II. The messenger employed. This “angel of the Lord “ is...
Judges 2:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION It is often extremely difficult to make out the sequence of a Hebrew narrative, the narrator going back and travelling over the same ground in respect of time which he had already...
Judges 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Reproof of the Angel of the Lord
Judges 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:9 ; Genesis 35:8 ; Joshua 7:26 ; Judges 13:19 ; Judges 6:24
Judges 2:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bochim — That is, Weepers. They sacrificed — For the expiation of their sins, by which they had provoked God to this resolution.

Judges 2:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 2:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Judges 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 2:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 2:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 2:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 2:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 2:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 2:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 2:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 2:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 2:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 2:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 2:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 2:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes