Judges 2:7

7 The people worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua's lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlived^[a] Joshua. They had seen all the Lord's great works^[b] He had done for Israel.

Judges 2:7 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 2:7

And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all
the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great
works of the Lord that he did for Israel.
] In Egypt, at the Red sea, in the wilderness, at the river Jordan, and in the land of Canaan; (See Gill on Joshua 24:31). The Jews ^F1 say, the elders died on the fifth of Shebet, which answers to part of January and part of February, on which account a fast was kept on that day.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Schulchan Aruch, par. 1. c. 580. sect. 2.

Judges 2:7 In-Context

5 So they named that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the Lord.

6 Joshua sent the people away, and the Israelites went to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.

7 The people worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua's lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlived Joshua. They had seen all the Lord's great works He had done for Israel.

8 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110.

9 They buried him in the territory of his inheritance, in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit extended their days after
• [b]. Dt 11:7; Jos 24:31