Judges 2:1-16

2:1

messenger <04397> [And an angel. or messenger.]

Bokim <01066> [Bochim.]

up ........... up <05927> [I made.]

led <0935> [have brought.]

never <05769> [I will never.]

2:2

make <03772> [And ye shall.]

disobeyed <08085> [but ye have.]

do <06213> [why have.]

2:3

warned <0559> [I also said.]

gods <0430> [their gods.]

2:4

people <05971> [the people.]

2:5

Bokim <01066> [Bochim. that is, Weepers.]

sacrifices <02076> [they sacrificed.]

2:6

Joshua <03091> [Joshua.]

2:7

people <05971> [the people.]

outlived <0748> [outlived. Heb. prolonged days after.]

2:8

Joshua <03091> [Joshua.]

2:9

Timnath <08556> [Timnath-heres.]

This was his own inheritance; and Eusebius says it was celebrated in his time for the tomb of Joshua.

[Timnath-serah]

2:10

passed away <0622> [A.M. cir. 2590. B.C. cir. 1414. An. Ex. Is. cir. 77. gathered.]

experienced ... Lord's <03045 03068> [knew not.]

2:11

did evil <06213 07451> [did evil.]

worshiping ... Baals <05647 01168> [and served Baalim.]

{B„ƒlim,} or lords, seems to have been the common appellation of the Syrian gods; whence we have Baal-peor, Baal-zebub, etc.

2:12

abandoned <05800> [forsook.]

God ................ other gods ... gods <0312 0430> [other gods.]

worshiped <07812> [bowed.]

2:13

worshiped <05647> [served.]

2:14

furious <0639> [the anger.]

handed <05414> [he delivered.]

them over ........ turned ... over <04376 03027> [sold them.]

could ... withstand <03201 05750> [could not.]

2:15

harm <07451> [against.]

warned <01696> [had said.]

solemnly <07650> [had sworn.]

greatly <03966> [greatly.]

2:16

Lord <03068> [A.M. 2591-2909. B.C. 1413-1095. the Lord.]

leaders <08199> [judges.]

The {shophetim} were not judges in the usual sense of the term; but were heads or chiefs of the Israelites, raised up on extraordinary occasions, who directed and ruled the nation with sovereign power, administered justice, made peace or war, and led the armies over whom they presided. Officers with the same power, and nearly the same name, were established in New Tyre, after the termination of the regal state; and the Carthaginian Suffetes, the Athenian Archons, and the Roman Dictators, appear to have been nearly the same.

delivered <03467> [delivered. Heb. saved.]