Therefore I also said, ‘(A)I will not drive them out before you; but they will [a]become (B)as thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you.’” When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept. So they named that place [b]Bochim; and there they sacrificed to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:3 Some ancient mss read be adversaries, and
  2. Judges 2:5 I.e. weepers