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After the angel gave the Israelites this message from the Lord, the people cried loudly. So they named the place Bokim.[a] There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.

Disobedience and Defeat

Then Joshua told the people to go home, so each tribe went to take their area of land.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:5 Bokim This name means “people crying.”

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

Disobedience and Defeat(C)

After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to their own inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:5 Bokim means weepers.