Judges 2:6

The End of an Era

2:6 When Joshua dismissed ¹  the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, ²  intending to take possession of the land.

Judges 2:8

2:8 Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.

Judges 2:23

2:23 This is why ³  the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; ⁴  he did not hand them over to Joshua.

Judges 1:1

Judah Takes the Lead

1:1 After Joshua died, the Israelites asked ⁵  the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?” ⁶ 

Judges 2:21

2:21 So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.

Judges 2:7

2:7 The people worshiped ⁷  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men ⁸  who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed ⁹  all the great things the Lord had done for Israel. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Or “sent away.”

² tn Heb “the Israelites went each to his inheritance.”

³ tn The words “this is why” are interpretive.

⁴ tn Or “quickly.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew verb translated “asked” (שָׁאַל, sha’al) refers here to consulting the Lord through a prophetic oracle; cf. NAB “consulted.”

⁶ tn Heb “Who should first go up for us against the Canaanites to attack them?”

⁷ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

⁸ tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”

⁹ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”