1 Samuel 7:9; Genesis 35:8; Joshua 7:26; Judges 13:19; Judges 6:24
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 ; G...
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 mos...
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...
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 boc...
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
Bochim. — (Comp. Genesis 35:8 ; Genesis 1:11 .) It was like “the Jews’ wailing-place” in modern Jerusalem. They sacrificed there unto the Lord....
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 th...
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 inhabitan...
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 fro...
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 unworthine...
And they called the name of that place Bochim ,.... Which signifies "weepers", from the general lamentation of the people, which before had another...
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, ]...
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...
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, no...
An Angel Rebukes the Israelites. B. C. 1425....
For the expiation of their sins, by which they had provoked God to this resolution; and for the regaining of God's favour.
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 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...
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...
Judges 1 and 2 The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and easily understood. He was strong and of a good courage, a man, f...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION It is often extremely difficult to make out the sequence of a Hebrew narrative, the narrator going back and travelling over the sam...
The Reproof of the Angel of the Lord
And they called the name of that place, probably before Shiloh, where the people may have been assembled for one of the great festivals, Bochim (we...
Bochim — That is, Weepers. They sacrificed — For the expiation of their sins, by which they had provoked God to this resolution.
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim:b and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.