2:4 When the Lord’s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly. 1 2:5 They named that place Bokim 2 and offered sacrifices to the Lord there.
1 tn Heb “lifted their voices and wept.”
2 sn Bokim means “weeping ones” and is derived from the Hebrew verb בָּכָא (bakha’, “to weep”).