(KJV) Judges 2¹

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⥃Israel Rebuked at Bochim

[1] And an angel² of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim³, and said, I made⁴ you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought⁵ you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never⁶ break my covenant with you. [2] And ye shall⁷ make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have⁸ not obeyed my voice: why have⁹ ye done this? [3] Wherefore I also said¹⁰, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods¹¹ shall be a snare unto you. [4] And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people¹² lifted up their voice, and wept. [5] And they called the name of that place Bochim¹³: and they sacrificed¹⁴ there unto the Lord.

⥃Joshua’s Death and Burial ^{[ Joshua 24:29–33 ]}

[6] And when Joshua¹⁵ had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. [7] And the people¹⁶ served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived¹⁷ Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel. [8] And Joshua¹⁸ the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, [being] an hundred and ten years old. [9] And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–heres¹⁹, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

⥃Israel’s Unfaithfulness ^{[ Isaiah 43:22–28 † Jeremiah 2:23–37 ]}

[10] And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not²⁰ the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.²¹

[11] [¶]And the children of Israel did evil²² in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim²³: [12] And they forsook²⁴ the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods²⁵, of the gods of the people that [were] round about them, and bowed²⁶ themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. [13] And they forsook the Lord, and served²⁷ Baal and Ashtaroth.

[14] [¶]And the anger²⁸ of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered²⁹ them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them³⁰ into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not³¹ any longer stand before their enemies. [15] Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against³² them for evil, as the Lord had said³³, and as the Lord had sworn³⁴ unto them: and they were greatly³⁵ distressed.

⥃Judges Raised Up

[16] [¶]Nevertheless the Lord³⁶ raised up judges³⁷, which delivered³⁸ them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.³⁹ [17] And yet they would⁴⁰ not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring⁴¹ after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly⁴² out of the way which their⁴³ fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; [but] they did not so. [18] And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord⁴⁴ was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented⁴⁵ the Lord because of their groanings⁴⁶ by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. [19] And it came to pass, when the⁴⁷ judge was dead, [that] they returned, and corrupted⁴⁸ [themselves] more⁴⁹ than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from⁵⁰ their own doings, nor from their stubborn⁵¹ way.

[20] [¶]And the anger⁵² of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed⁵³ my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; [21] I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:⁵⁴ [22] That through⁵⁵ them I may prove⁵⁶ Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep [it], or not. [23] Therefore the Lord left⁵⁷ those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

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