King James Version

What Does Judges 2:7 Mean?

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. outlived: Heb. prolonged days after Ioshua

Context

5

And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. Bochim: that is, Weepers

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 Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. outlived: Heb. prolonged days after Ioshua

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.

Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(7) **All the days of Joshua.**—Compare the whole passage (Judges 2:6-10) with Joshua 24:28-33, which is almost verbally identical with it. It is usually supposed that Joshua was about eighty at the time of the conquest of Canaan, because that was the age of his comrade Caleb (Joshua 14:7); if so, he had lived thirty years after the conquest. The gradual tendency to deteriorate after the removal of a good ruler is but too common (Acts 20:29; Philippians 2:12). **The great works of the Lord.**—The crossing of the Jordan, the falling of the walls of Jericho, the battles of Beth-horon, Merom, *&c.*

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

Historical Context

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