Jueces 2:6

6 Porque ya Josué había despedido al pueblo, y los hijos de Israel se habían ido cada uno a su herencia para poseer la tierra

Jueces 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 2:6

And when Joshua had let the people go
This is not to be connected with what goes before, as if that was done in Joshua's lifetime; for during that, as is after testified, the people of Israel served the Lord; whereas the angel, in the speech to them before related, charges them with disobeying the voice of the Lord, making leagues with the inhabitants of the land, and not demolishing their altars, all which was after the death of Joshua; but this refers to a meeting of them with him before his death, and his dismission of them, which was either when he had divided the land by lot unto them, or when he had given them his last charge before his death, see ( Joshua 24:28 ) ; and this, and what follows, are repeated and introduced here, to connect the history of Israel, and to show them how they fell into idolatry, and so under the divine displeasure, which brought them into distress, from which they were delivered at various times by judges of his own raising up, which is the subject matter of this book:

the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess
the land;
as it was divided to the several tribes and their families; which seems to confirm the first sense given, that this refers to the dismission of the people upon the division of the land among them.

Jueces 2:6 In-Context

4 Y cuando el ángel del SEÑOR habló estas palabras a todos los hijos de Israel, el pueblo lloró en alta voz

5 Y llamaron por nombre aquel lugar Boquim; y sacrificaron allí al SEÑOR

6 Porque ya Josué había despedido al pueblo, y los hijos de Israel se habían ido cada uno a su herencia para poseer la tierra

7 Y el pueblo había servido al SEÑOR todo el tiempo de Josué, y todo el tiempo de los ancianos que vivieron largos días después de Josué, los cuales habían visto todas las grandes obras del SEÑOR, que él había hecho con Israel

8 Y murió Josué hijo de Nun, siervo del SEÑOR, siendo de ciento diez años