Judges 2:7

7 The people served the LORD throughout the rest of Joshua's life and throughout the next generation of elders who outlived him, those who had seen all the great things that the LORD 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 they offered a sacrifice to the LORD there.

6 When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites each went to settle on their own family property in order to take possession of the land.

7 The people served the LORD throughout the rest of Joshua's life and throughout the next generation of elders who outlived him, those who had seen all the great things that the LORD had done for Israel.

8 Joshua, Nun's son and the LORD's servant, died when he was 110 years old.

9 They buried him within the boundaries of his family property in Timnath-heres in the highlands of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.