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2017 August 13



Regrets (1826-1827)
Claude-Marie Dubufe (1790-1864)
Neoclassical Style
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, California, USA
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art


SPECIAL NOTE:

[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]


Explanation:

(Below is my understanding of how the parallel accounts in Judges 2 and Joshua 24 can be combined into a single narrative.)

Judges 2:1-6

     Judges 2 begins with a rebuke by the "angel of the LORD." The Hebrew word for this angel is "malak," -- messenger, sometimes translated "king." The root word is similar to the word "melek," which is the standard word for "king." The emphasis is on the authority of the person. Judging from the fact that this person speaks of himself as the one who brought them out of Egypt, brought them into the Promised Land, and made his covenant with them, this can be no other than the LORD himself. And, judging from the analogy of Scripture, this must be Christ in a pre-incarnate theophany: (1 Corinthians 10:4 -- And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ). The Angel rebuked them for making alliances with the inhabitants of the land and warned them that he would not drive them out before them; rather they would be thorns and snares to them. And the people lifted up their voice and wept and sacrificed to the LORD, returning afterwards to their inheritance (1-6).
     This incident occurred during Joshua's lifetime; and it more fully explains the incident mentioned in Joshua 24:1-28. They met the Angel of the LORD in Bochim, which was in Shechem.

COMBINED ACCOUNT WITH JOSHUA 24
(For Joshua 2 by Itself, See Below)


     Joshua 24:1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. Judges 2:1 angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have bought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never [not ever] break my covenant with you. Judges 2:2 ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? Judges 2:3 said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
     Judges 2:4 it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
     Joshua 24:2 Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. Joshua 24:3 I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. Joshua 24:4 I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. Joshua 24:5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I bought you out. Joshua 24:6 I bought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. Joshua 24:7 they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and bought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. Joshua 24:8 I bought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. Joshua 24:9 Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: Joshua 24:10 I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed [blessing he blessed] you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. Joshua 24:11 ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. Joshua 24:12 I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. Joshua 24:13 I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. Joshua 24:14 fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. Joshua 24:15 evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
     Joshua 24:16 people answered and said, God forbid [far be it] that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; Joshua 24:17 LORD our God, he it is that bought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: Joshua 24:18 LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
     Joshua 24:19 Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. Joshua 24:20 ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
     Joshua 24:21 people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
     Joshua 24:22 Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that Ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
     Judges 2:5 they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
     Joshua 24:23 put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
     Joshua 24:24 people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
     Joshua 24:25 Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. Joshua 24:26 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. Joshua 24:27 Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
     Joshua 24:28 Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. Judges 2:6 Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

Judges 2:7-23 & 3:1-2 (Summary)

     So the people served Joshua while he lived and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua. Joshua died at the age of 110 and they buried him in his inheritance in Timnathheres. That generation also died; and another generation arose which did not know the LORD or his works (7-10). They turned to worship Baalim and forsook the LORD God who delivered them from Egypt. They served Baal and Ashtaroth. So the LORD delivered them to their enemies. And they were greatly distressed (11-15). Nevertheless, the LORD delivered them by Judges. But they would not listen to their Judges; and they forsook the LORD after the Judge died. So the LORD left their enemies among them to test them to see if they would walk in his ways (16-23).
     The LORD had a benign reason for temporarily leaving the inhabitants in the land: "And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee." (Deuteronomy 7:22). Instead of using this slow but steady approach, Israel frequently stopped their wars, made covenants with the inhabitants, and adopted their religions. It was for this reason that the LORD had three other purposes (for a total of four) for leaving the inhabitants in the land for a while -- corrective discipline, testing, and instruction (in war): "20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua." "1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; " (Judges 2:20-23; Judges 3:1-2).
     [ Sermons: William Still. Brian Borgman. Various. ]
     [ Illustration: Judges 2 highlights Israel's disobedience, the LORD's rebuke for it, and Israel's remorse (as in the painting above). ]










RESOURCES

PLEASE NOTE: Use the resources on this and other sites thoughtfully, particularly the commentaries and encyclopedias. I have attempted to list conservative, scholarly resources. However, some providers use liberal or liberal-influenced commentaries such as the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (in Bible Hub). Such commentaries are undoubtedly included by the provider for the wealth of useful information and comments which they provide. By consulting several commentaries, it should be fairly easy to sort out the wheat from the chaff. If, however, you would like personal assistance, write to me at AD LIB ARTS EMAIL.


          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Judges 2:
     [1] Haggai 1:13; Isaiah 42:19; Malachi 3:6; Malachi 2:7; Judges 6:11-12; Judges 6:21-22; Judges 13:3; Judges 13:15; Genesis 16:7; Genesis 22:11; Exodus 2:2; Exodus 2:6; Exodus 2:14; Numbers 22:22; Joshua 5:13-15; Exodus 23:20-23; Joshua 4:19; Joshua 5:9-10; Joshua 10:7; Joshua 10:15; Joshua 10:33; Joshua 14:6; Genesis 35:8; Genesis 17:7; Genesis 29:12; Psalm 89:28; Psalm 89:34; Luke 1:54-55; Exodus 3:6-8.
     [2] Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 12:2-3; Exodus 23:31-33; Exodus 34:12-13; Genesis 3:13; Genesis 12:18.
     [3] Exodus 23:31; Numbers 33:55; Joshua 23:13; Psalm 106:36.
     [5] Genesis 35:8; Genesis 1:11; Judges 6:20; 2 Samuel 24:25.
     [6] Joshua 22:6; Joshua 24:28.
     [7] Joshua 24:28-33; Joshua 14:7; Acts 20:29; Philippians 2:12.
     [8] Deuteronomy 34:5; Psalms 18; 2 Timothy 2:24; Genesis 1:26; Deuteronomy 34:7; Genesis 47:9; Genesis 35:28.
     [9] Genesis 23:19; Jeremiah 22:18; Joshua 19:49-50; Joshua 24:30; Joshua 5:2; 2 Samuel 23:30.
     [10] 2 Kings 22:20; Genesis 15:15; 1 Kings 1:21; Acts 13:36; Genesis 15:8; Deuteronomy 31:16; Jeremiah 9:3; Titus 1:16.
     [11] Judges 3:7-12; Judges 4:1; Judges 6:1; Judges 10; Judges 13:1; Deuteronomy 4:19; 1 Kings 16:32; 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Kings 10:22; Jeremiah 7:9; Jeremiah 19:5; Song of Solomon 8:1; Judges 10:10; Numbers 32:28; Judges 8:33; Hosea 2:16-17; Jeremiah 23:27; Zechariah 13:2.
     [12] Deuteronomy 31:16-17; Exodus 32:5; 1 Kings 22:6.
     [13] 1 Kings 11:5; Deuteronomy 1:4; 2 Kings 23:4; Jeremiah 7:10; Jeremiah 44:17; Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4; 1 Samuel 12:10; Judges 3:7; Jeremiah 44:17; Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4; 1 Samuel 12:10; Judges 3:7.
     [14] Psalm 78:59; Psalm 106:34-45; Deuteronomy 32; 2 Kings 17; 2 Kings 24:2-4; 2 Chronicles 36:11-21; Jeremiah 11:2-10; Judges 3:8; Judges 4:2; Judges 10:7; Deuteronomy 32:33; Psalm 44:12; Isaiah 1:1; 2 Kings 17:20; Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:15-68.
     [15] Joshua 1:9; Leviticus 26:17-36; Deuteronomy 28:25.
     [16] Acts 13:20; 1 Samuel 12:10-11; Judges 3:10; Judges 4:4; Judges 10:2; Judges 12:7; Judges 15:20; Deuteronomy 17:8-9; Psalm 2:10; Amos 2:3; Exodus 18:26; Deuteronomy 1:16; Judges 2:14; Judges 3:9; Genesis 18:25; Judges 11:2; Judges 4:4.
     [17] Exodus 34:15; Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 3:8; Ezekiel 23:37; Hosea 2:7; 2 Corinthians 11:2.
     [18] Jonah 3:10; Genesis 6:6; Exodus 32:14; 1 Samuel 15:35; Amos 7:3; Joel 2:13; Numbers 23:19; Job 23:13; Malachi 3:6.
     [19] Exodus 32:9; Deuteronomy 10:16; Acts 7:51; Isaiah 65:2; Psalm 81:11-12; Matthew 23:37; Acts 7:51.
     [20] Isaiah 6:9-10; Judges 8:12; Joshua 23:16.
     [22] Exodus 23:29-30; Deuteronomy 7:22; Judges 3:1-2.
      -- From Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers ]

          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]




HARMONY OF THE LAW


John Calvin - CCEL | Analytical Chart - BLB




GOSPEL HARMONIES

Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible

Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF)




HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES


Bible Hub Interlinear Hebrew and Greek Bible


Bible Hub Hebrew Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Hebrew Interlinear


Mounce Interlinear | Bible Hub Greek Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Greek Interlinear Bible





Judges Detailed Outline



Judges 2
[Separate Account; For Combined Account With Joshua 24, See Above]


Note: The Book of Judges teaches Israel's unfaithfulness. (The previous book, The Book of Joshua, teaches the Lord's faithfulness.)

Note: Some of the Judges may overlap each other chronologically and may have served in only part of the country.


1. The Historical Setting (1:1 - 3:6) - (1390 - 1377 B.C. Israel)

A. The Present Setting [in the Time of the Judges - This is the Second Campaign of Judah] (1:1-7)

B. The Past Setting [in Joshua's Time - First Campaigns of 6 Tribes] (1:8 - 3:6)

Map | Time Line

     1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have bought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never [not ever] break my covenant with you. 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
     6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived [prolonged days after] Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
     11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which bought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed [walked after] other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. 13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. 15 whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
     16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judges, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judges: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of [in the faces of] them that oppressed them and vexed them. 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following [walking after] other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way [from their way, the obstinate]. 20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.




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