King James Version
What Does Judges 2:8 Mean?
“And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.”
Context
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
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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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(8) **The servant of the Lord.**—Deuteronomy 34:5 (Moses); Psalms 18 (David); 2Timothy 2:24 (ministers in general), &c.
**An hundred and ten years old.**—The same age as Joseph (Genesis 1:26). Moses attained the age of 120 (Deuteronomy 34:7), Jacob, of 130 (Genesis 47:9), Isaac, of 180 (Genesis 35:28).
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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