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Selected Verse: Judges 2:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 2:5 |
King James |
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Bochim - i. e. weepers. It was near Shechem, but the site is unknown. Compare the names given to places for similar reasons in Gen 35:8; Gen 50:11. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Bochim - That is, Weepers. They sacrificed - For the expiation of their sins, by which they had provoked God to this resolution. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They called the name of that place Bochim - The word בכים bochim signifies weepings or lamentations; and is translated by the Septuagint Κλαυθυων or Κλαυθυωνες, bewailings; and it is supposed that the place derived its name from these lamentations of the people. Some think the place itself, where the people were now assembled, was Shiloh, now named Bochim because of the above circumstance. It should be observed, that the angel speaks here in the person of God, by whom he was sent; as the prophets frequently do. |
11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.