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Selected Verse: Judges 2:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| Jud 2:6 |
Strong Concordance |
And when Joshua [03091] had let the people [05971] go [07971], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went [03212] every man [0376] unto his inheritance [05159] to possess [03423] the land [0776]. |
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King James |
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| And when Joshua had let the people go--This passage is a repetition of Jos 24:29-31. It was inserted here to give the reader the reasons which called forth so strong and severe a rebuke from the angel of the Lord. During the lifetime of the first occupiers, who retained a vivid recollection of all the miracles and judgments which they had witnessed in Egypt and the desert, the national character stood high for faith and piety. But, in course of time, a new race arose who were strangers to all the hallowed and solemnizing experience of their fathers, and too readily yielded to the corrupting influences of the idolatry that surrounded them. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The account of this development of the covenant nation, which commenced after the death of Joshua and his contemporaries, is attached to the book of Joshua by a simple repetition of the closing verses of that book (Jos 24:28-31) in Jdg 2:6-10, with a few unimportant differences, not only to form a link between Josha and Jdg 2:11, and to resume the thread of the history which was broken off by the summary just given of the results of the wars between the Israelites and Canaanites (Bertheau), but rather to bring out sharply and clearly the contrast between the age that was past and the period of the Israelitish history that was just about to commence. The vav consec. attached to וישׁלּח expresses the order of thought and not of time. The apostasy of the new generation from the Lord (Jdg 2:10.) was a necessary consequence of the attitude of Israel to the Canaanites who were left in the land, as described in Judg 1:1-2:5. This thought is indicated by the vav consec. in וישׁלּח; so that the meaning of Jdg 2:6. as expressed in our ordinary phraseology would be as follows: Now when Joshua had dismissed the people, and the children of Israel had gone every one to his own inheritance to take possession of the land, the people served the Lord as long as Joshua and the elders who survived him were alive; but when Joshua was dead, and that generation (which was contemporaneous with him) had been gathered to its fathers, there rose up another generation after them which knew not the Lord, and also (knew not) the work which He had done to Israel. On the death and burial of Joshua, see at Jos 24:29-30. "Gathered unto their fathers" corresponds to "gathered to his people" in the Pentateuch (Gen 25:8, Gen 25:17; Gen 35:29; Gen 49:29, Gen 49:33, etc.: see at Gen 25:8). They "knew not the Lord," sc., from seeing or experiencing His wonderful deeds, which the contemporaries of Joshua and Moses had seen and experienced.
In the general survey of the times of the judges, commencing at Jdg 2:11, the falling away of the Israelites from the Lord is mentioned first of all, and at the same time it is distinctly shown how neither the chastisements inflicted upon them by God at the hands of hostile nations, nor the sending of judges to set them free from the hostile oppression, availed to turn them from their idolatry (Jdg 2:11-19). This is followed by the determination of God to tempt and chastise the sinful nation by not driving away the remaining Canaanites (Jdg 2:20-23); and lastly, the account concludes with an enumeration of the tribes that still remained, and the attitude of Israel towards them (Jdg 3:1-6). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Let the people go - When he had distributed their inheritances, and dismissed them severally to take possession of them. This was done before this time, whilst Joshua lived; but is now repeated to discover the time, and occasion of the peoples defection from God, and of God's desertion of them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| When Joshua had let the people go - The author of this book is giving here a history of the people, from the division of the land by Joshua to the time in which the angel speaks. Joshua divided the land to them by lot; recommended obedience to God, which they solemnly promised: and they continued faithful during his life, and during the lives of those who had been his contemporaries, but who had survived him. When all that generation who had seen the wondrous works of God in their behalf had died, then the succeeding generation, who knew not the Lord - who had not seen his wondrous works - forsook his worship, and worshipped Baalim and Ashtaroth, the gods of the nations among whom they lived, and thus the Lord was provoked to anger; and this was the reason why they were delivered into the hands of their enemies. This is the sum of their history to the time in which the angel delivers his message. |
29 And it came to pass after [0310] these things [01697], that Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068], died [04191], being an hundred [03967] and ten [06235] years [08141] old [01121].
30 And they buried [06912] him in the border [01366] of his inheritance [05159] in Timnathserah [08556], which is in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], on the north side [06828] of the hill [02022] of Gaash [01608].
31 And Israel [03478] served [05647] the LORD [03068] all the days [03117] of Joshua [03091], and all the days [03117] of the elders [02205] that overlived [0748] [03117] [0310] Joshua [03091], and which had known [03045] all the works [04639] of the LORD [03068], that he had done [06213] for Israel [03478].
1 Now these are the nations [01471] which the LORD [03068] left [03240], to prove [05254] Israel [03478] by them, even as many of Israel as had not known [03045] all the wars [04421] of Canaan [03667];
2 Only that [07535] the generations [01755] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] might know [03045], to teach [03925] them war [04421], at the least such as before [06440] knew [03045] nothing thereof;
3 Namely, five [02568] lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430], and all the Canaanites [03669], and the Sidonians [06722], and the Hivites [02340] that dwelt [03427] in mount [02022] Lebanon [03844], from mount [02022] Baalhermon [01179] unto the entering in [0935] of Hamath [02574].
4 And they were to prove [05254] Israel [03478] by them, to know [03045] whether they would hearken [08085] unto the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068], which he commanded [06680] their fathers [01] by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872].
5 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] dwelt [03427] among [07130] the Canaanites [03669], Hittites [02850], and Amorites [0567], and Perizzites [06522], and Hivites [02340], and Jebusites [02983]:
6 And they took [03947] their daughters [01323] to be their wives [0802], and gave [05414] their daughters [01323] to their sons [01121], and served [05647] their gods [0430].
20 And the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478]; and he said [0559], Because that this people [01471] hath transgressed [05674] my covenant [01285] which I commanded [06680] their fathers [01], and have not hearkened [08085] unto my voice [06963];
21 I also will not henceforth [03254] drive out [03423] any [0376] from before [06440] them of the nations [01471] which Joshua [03091] left [05800] when he died [04191]:
22 That through them I may prove [05254] Israel [03478], whether they will keep [08104] the way [01870] of the LORD [03068] to walk [03212] therein, as their fathers [01] did keep [08104] it, or not.
23 Therefore the LORD [03068] left [03240] those nations [01471], without [01115] driving them out [03423] hastily [04118]; neither delivered [05414] he them into the hand [03027] of Joshua [03091].
11 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], and served [05647] Baalim [01168]:
12 And they forsook [05800] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01], which brought them out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and followed [03212] [0310] other [0312] gods [0430], of the gods [0430] of the people [05971] that were round about [05439] them, and bowed [07812] themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD [03068] to anger [03707].
13 And they forsook [05800] the LORD [03068], and served [05647] Baal [01168] and Ashtaroth [06252].
14 And the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478], and he delivered [05414] them into the hands [03027] of spoilers [08154] that spoiled [08155] them, and he sold [04376] them into the hands [03027] of their enemies [0341] round about [05439], so that they could [03201] not any longer [05750] stand [05975] before [06440] their enemies [0341].
15 Whithersoever they went out [03318], the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was against them for evil [07451], as the LORD [03068] had said [01696], and as the LORD [03068] had sworn [07650] unto them: and they were greatly [03966] distressed [03334].
16 Nevertheless the LORD [03068] raised up [06965] judges [08199], which delivered [03467] them out of the hand [03027] of those that spoiled [08154] them.
17 And yet they would not hearken [08085] unto their judges [08199], but they went a whoring [02181] after [0310] other [0312] gods [0430], and bowed [07812] themselves unto them: they turned [05493] quickly [04118] out of the way [01870] which their fathers [01] walked in [01980], obeying [08085] the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068]; but they did [06213] not so.
18 And when the LORD [03068] raised [06965] them up judges [08199], then the LORD [03068] was with the judge [08199], and delivered [03467] them out of the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341] all the days [03117] of the judge [08199]: for it repented [05162] the LORD [03068] because [06440] of their groanings [05009] by reason of them that oppressed [03905] them and vexed [01766] them.
19 And it came to pass, when the judge [08199] was dead [04194], that they returned [07725], and corrupted [07843] themselves more than their fathers [01], in following [03212] [0310] other [0312] gods [0430] to serve [05647] them, and to bow down [07812] unto them; they ceased [05307] not from their own doings [04611], nor from their stubborn [07186] way [01870].
11 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], and served [05647] Baalim [01168]:
8 Then Abraham [085] gave up the ghost [01478], and died [04191] in a good [02896] old age [07872], an old man [02205], and full [07649] of years; and was gathered [0622] to his people [05971].
33 And when Jacob [03290] had made an end [03615] of commanding [06680] his sons [01121], he gathered up [0622] his feet [07272] into the bed [04296], and yielded up the ghost [01478], and was gathered [0622] unto his people [05971].
29 And he charged [06680] them, and said [0559] unto them, I am to be gathered [0622] unto my people [05971]: bury [06912] me with my fathers [01] in the cave [04631] that is in the field [07704] of Ephron [06085] the Hittite [02850],
29 And Isaac [03327] gave up the ghost [01478], and died [04191], and was gathered [0622] unto his people [05971], being old [02205] and full [07649] of days [03117]: and his sons [01121] Esau [06215] and Jacob [03290] buried [06912] him.
17 And these are the years [08141] of the life [02416] of Ishmael [03458], an hundred [03967] [08141] and thirty [07970] [08141] and seven [07651] years [08141]: and he gave up the ghost [01478] and died [04191]; and was gathered [0622] unto his people [05971].
8 Then Abraham [085] gave up the ghost [01478], and died [04191] in a good [02896] old age [07872], an old man [02205], and full [07649] of years; and was gathered [0622] to his people [05971].
29 And it came to pass after [0310] these things [01697], that Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068], died [04191], being an hundred [03967] and ten [06235] years [08141] old [01121].
30 And they buried [06912] him in the border [01366] of his inheritance [05159] in Timnathserah [08556], which is in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], on the north side [06828] of the hill [02022] of Gaash [01608].
6 And when Joshua [03091] had let the people [05971] go [07971], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went [03212] every man [0376] unto his inheritance [05159] to possess [03423] the land [0776].
10 And also all that generation [01755] were gathered [0622] unto their fathers [01]: and there arose [06965] another [0312] generation [01755] after [0310] them, which knew [03045] not the LORD [03068], nor yet the works [04639] which he had done [06213] for Israel [03478].
11 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], and served [05647] Baalim [01168]:
6 And when Joshua [03091] had let the people [05971] go [07971], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went [03212] every man [0376] unto his inheritance [05159] to possess [03423] the land [0776].
7 And the people [05971] served [05647] the LORD [03068] all the days [03117] of Joshua [03091], and all the days [03117] of the elders [02205] that outlived [0748] [03117] [0310] Joshua [03091], who had seen [07200] all the great [01419] works [04639] of the LORD [03068], that he did [06213] for Israel [03478].
8 And Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068], died [04191], being an hundred [03967] and ten [06235] years [08141] old [01121].
9 And they buried [06912] him in the border [01366] of his inheritance [05159] in Timnathheres [08556], in the mount [02022] of Ephraim [0669], on the north side [06828] of the hill [02022] Gaash [01608].
10 And also all that generation [01755] were gathered [0622] unto their fathers [01]: and there arose [06965] another [0312] generation [01755] after [0310] them, which knew [03045] not the LORD [03068], nor yet the works [04639] which he had done [06213] for Israel [03478].
28 So Joshua [03091] let the people [05971] depart [07971], every man [0376] unto his inheritance [05159].
29 And it came to pass after [0310] these things [01697], that Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068], died [04191], being an hundred [03967] and ten [06235] years [08141] old [01121].
30 And they buried [06912] him in the border [01366] of his inheritance [05159] in Timnathserah [08556], which is in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], on the north side [06828] of the hill [02022] of Gaash [01608].
31 And Israel [03478] served [05647] the LORD [03068] all the days [03117] of Joshua [03091], and all the days [03117] of the elders [02205] that overlived [0748] [03117] [0310] Joshua [03091], and which had known [03045] all the works [04639] of the LORD [03068], that he had done [06213] for Israel [03478].