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And so, I'll stop helping you defeat your enemies. Instead, they will be there to trap[a] you into worshiping their idols.

The Israelites started crying loudly, and they offered sacrifices to the Lord. From then on, they called that place “Crying.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2.3 trap: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 2.5 Crying: Or “Bochim.”

And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you;(A) they will become traps(B) for you, and their gods will become snares(C) to you.’”

When the angel of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,(D) and they called that place Bokim.[a](E) There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.

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  1. Judges 2:5 Bokim means weepers.