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Judges 2:6-10

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

6. And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7. And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. 8. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, [being] an hundred and ten years old. 9. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 10. And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

Judges 2:6-10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 2:6

Theological / Devotional

When Joshua. By narrating the first efforts of the tribes to consolidate their position in Palestine, and the divine rebuke for Israel’s failure to obey God’s directions, the author has given the historical background that explains why it was that God raised up judges. Now he turns to the main theme of the book, namely, to show how the alternating periods of oppression followed by deliverance were the result of God’s efforts to turn Israel from idolatry to loyal obedience to God and His law. Before beginning the fluctuating history of oppressions and deliverances, the author ties his narrative to that of the book of Joshua. Verses 6-10 are a recapitulation that picks up the story at the time of Joshua’s death and briefly fills in the history until the experience at Bochim related previously.

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