Judges 2:3

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 2:1-5

SECOND SECTIONThe Religious Degeneracy Of Israel Which Resulted From Its Disobedient Conduct With Respect To The Canaanites, And The Severe Discipline Which It Rendered Necessary, As Explaining The Alternations Of Apostasy And Servitude, Repentance And Deliverance, Characteristic Of The Period Of The Judges_______________________A Messenger of Jehovah charges Israel with disobedience, and announces punishment. The people repent and offer sacrificeJudges 2:1-51And an angel [messenger] of the... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Judges 2:1-10

Judges A SUMMARY OF ISRAEL’S FAITHLESSNESS AND GOD’S PATIENCE Jdg_2:1 - Jdg_2:10 . The Book of Judges begins a new era, the development of the nation in its land. Jdg_1:1 contain two summaries: first, of the progress of the conquest; and second, of the history about to be unfolded in the book. The first part of this passage Jdg_2:1 - Jdg_2:5 belongs to the former, and closes it; the second Jdg_2:6 - Jdg_2:10 introduces the latter, and contrasts it with the state of things prevailing as long... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Judges 2:1-5

Flagging in Their Great Task Judges 1:16-36 ; Judges 2:1-5 The conquest of Canaan was very partial. Israel dwelled among the ancient inhabitants of the land, much as the Normans did among the Anglo-Saxons, whom they found in England; and the mixture of the two peoples was the beginning of moral degeneracy and decline in the chosen race. Wherever there was the old-time faith in God, as in the case of Caleb, the land was cleared of the Canaanite; but where God was out , the Canaanite was ... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 2:1-23

The fact of Israel's failure is still further revealed in this chapter. In the first five verses we have the account of the coming of a messenger from Gilgal. This messenger, referred to as "the angel of the Lord," may have been a prophet, for the word rendered "angel" may with equal accuracy be rendered messenger. On the other hand it may have been a special divine and angelic personality. There was an assembly of the people at Bochim. For what purpose we are not told, but the message... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 2:1-5

The Angel of Yahweh Questions Why They Have Been Disobedient And The People Make a Show of Repentance (Judges 2:1-5 ). Judges 2:1-2 a ‘ And the Angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I made you to go up out of Egypt, and I have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers, and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land. You will break down their altars”.’ The Angel of Yahweh is previously... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 2:1-5

Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 . The Conquests and Settlements of the Israelites in Western Palestine.— From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that the various tribes invaded the land either singly or in small groups; that they had failures as well as successes; that in many instances they did not destroy the older population, but settled peacefully among them; and that, in particular, the larger cities of Canaan, as well as the fertile... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 2:3

I also said with myself; I have now taken up this peremptory resolution. Thorns in your sides: See Poole "Numbers 33:55"; See Poole "Joshua 23:13". read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 2:1-5

THE BEGINNING OF THE LORD’S REBUKECRITICAL NOTES.—Judges 2:1. An angel of the Lord.] Not merely “a messenger,” but the “angel of Jehovah.” “The phrase is used nearly sixty times to designate the angel of God’s presence.” [Speaker’s Commentary.] “Not a prophet, or some other earthly messenger of Jehovah, either Phinehas or Joshua, as the Targums, the Rabbins, Berthean, and others assume, but the angel of the Lord, who is of one essence with God. In the simple historical narrative a prophet is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Judges 2:1-5

Judges 2:1-5 This is clearly an incident to arrest our attention and to arouse our curiosity. Let us inquire: (1) Who this angel was? (2) What the meaning of "Gilgal" and "Bochim" is; and (3) What significancy may lie in that apparently meaningless ascent of the heavenly visitant from Gilgal to Bochim. I. Most commentators recognise in this angel the uncreated angel of the covenant, even the second person of the Blessed Trinity. This "Angel" uses words which are emphatically the words of God... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Judges 2:1-23

Judges 1:0 and 2 The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and easily understood. He was strong and of a good courage, a man, fit not only for battle, but for tedious campaigning; full of resources, and able to keep up the heart of a whole people by his hopeful bearing. It was one of the most difficult of tasks which was entrusted to Joshua. He was to lead the people through a series of the most brilliant and exciting military successes, and then to turn them to the most... read more

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