Judges 2 (NET)

Judges 2:1¹The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 20:2Exod 23:20Gen 17:7-8Lev 26:42Ps 105:44-45Acts 7:30-33Exod 14:14Exod 14:19Gen 12:7Deut 4:34

Judges 2:2²but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 7:2-4Jer 2:36Deut 7:16Ezra 9:1-3Jer 2:5Num 33:52-532 Cor 6:14-17Deut 12:2-3Deut 20:16-18Deut 7:25-26

Judges 2:3³At that time I also warned you, ‘If you disobey, I will not drive out the Canaanites before you. They will ensnare you and their gods will lure you away.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 23:13Num 33:55Deut 7:16Ps 106:36Exod 23:33Exod 34:12Judg 2:21Judg 3:61 Kgs 11:1-7

Judges 2:4⁴When the angel of the Lord finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 7:10Jas 4:91 Sam 7:6Ezra 10:1Jer 31:9Luke 6:21Luke 7:38Prov 17:10Zech 12:10

Judges 2:5⁵They named that place Bokim and offered sacrifices to the Lord there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 7:9Gen 35:8Josh 7:26Judg 13:19Judg 6:24

Judges 2:6⁶When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, intending to take possession of the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 24:28-31Josh 22:6

Judges 2:7⁷The people worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 2:122 Kgs 12:2Josh 24:312 Chr 24:14-222 Chr 24:2

Judges 2:8⁸Joshua son of Nun, the Lord ’s servant, died at the age of 110.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 24:29-30

Judges 2:9⁹The people buried him in his allotted land in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 19:50Josh 24:30

Judges 2:10¹⁰That entire generation passed away; a new generation grew up that had not personally experienced the Lord ’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 2:12Titus 1:16Exod 5:21 Chr 28:9Acts 13:36Jer 31:342 Sam 7:12Deut 31:16Isa 5:122 Thess 1:8

Judges 2:11¹¹The Israelites did evil before the Lord by worshiping the Baals.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 10:6Judg 3:7Judg 4:1Judg 6:11 Kgs 18:18Judg 8:33Judg 13:11 Sam 7:42 Chr 28:22 Chr 33:2-3

Judges 2:12¹²They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods—the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the Lord angry.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 20:5Deut 13:5Deut 29:25Deut 6:14-15Deut 29:18Deut 5:9Deut 31:16-17Deut 32:15Deut 33:17Judg 5:8

Judges 2:13¹³They abandoned the Lord and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 10:6Ps 106:361 Cor 10:20-22Judg 3:71 Cor 8:51 Kgs 11:331 Kgs 11:51 Sam 31:102 Kgs 23:13Judg 2:11

Judges 2:14¹⁴The Lord was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 17:20Ps 106:40-42Deut 32:30Deut 31:17-182 Chr 36:16Josh 7:12-13Judg 10:7Judg 3:7-8Judg 4:2Lev 26:37

Judges 2:15¹⁵Whenever they went out to fight, the Lord did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 28:15-68Josh 23:15-16Lev 26:14-461 Sam 13:61 Sam 14:241 Sam 30:62 Cor 4:8Deut 32:40-41Deut 4:25-28Jer 18:8

Judges 2:16¹⁶The Lord raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:201 Sam 12:11Ps 106:43-45Judg 3:15Neh 9:27Judg 3:9-10Judg 4:5Judg 6:14

Judges 2:17¹⁷But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord ’s commands, but they did not.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 9:12Gal 1:6Judg 2:7Hos 2:2Rev 17:1-51 Sam 12:121 Sam 12:171 Sam 12:191 Sam 8:5-82 Chr 36:15-16

Judges 2:18¹⁸When the Lord raised up leaders for them, the Lord was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The Lord felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:36Josh 1:5Exod 2:242 Kgs 13:22-23Hos 11:8Ps 106:44-452 Kgs 13:4Gen 6:6Judg 10:16Exod 3:12

Judges 2:19¹⁹When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 8:33Judg 4:12 Chr 24:17-18Judg 3:11-12Matt 23:32Jer 23:171 Sam 15:23Jer 16:12Jer 3:17Josh 24:31

Judges 2:20²⁰The Lord was furious with Israel. He said, “This nation has violated the terms of the covenant I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 2:14Josh 23:16Deut 29:10-13Deut 32:22Exod 24:3-8Exod 32:10-11Ezek 20:37Jer 31:32Josh 24:21-25Judg 10:7

Judges 2:21²¹So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 23:13Ezek 20:24Judg 2:3Judg 3:3

Judges 2:22²²in order to test Israel. I want to see whether or not the people will carefully walk in the path marked out by the Lord, as their ancestors were careful to do.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 8:2Deut 8:16Deut 13:3Prov 17:3Gen 22:12 Chr 32:31Job 23:10Judg 3:1-4Mal 3:2-3Ps 66:10

Judges 2:23²³This is why the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; he did not hand them over to Joshua.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI