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Judges 2:5
Judges 2:5 is verse 5 of Judges chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.
Bochim means weepers.
King James Version
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
World English Bible
They called the name of that place Bochim, and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.
“Bochim” means “weepers”.
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Judges 2:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
4 When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
5 So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.
6 After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
7 And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 35:8Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
Joshua 7:26And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
Judges 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Judges 13:19Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.
1 Samuel 7:9Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.