Judges 2:2

“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?”

"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?" - Judges 2:2
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What does Judges 2:2 mean?

Judges 2:2 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "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?" This verse is part of a larger passage in the Book of Judges, which…

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A Divine Call to Purity: Understanding Judges 2:2

In Judges 2:2, we find a poignant command from the Lord that resonates with both the ancient Israelites and contemporary believers: "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…

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A Prayer of Commitment to God's Commands

Heavenly Father, We come before You today with humbled hearts, acknowledging Your sovereign authority over our lives and the world around us. As we reflect on Your Word, particularly the powerful message in Judges 2:2, we are reminded of Your commandments and the importance of…

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Judges 2:2 - "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?"
Judges 2:31
Judges 2:16 - "¶ Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them."
Judges 2:13 - "And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth."
2 Chronicles 1:2 - "Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers."
James 2:4 - "Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?"
Matthew 7:1-2 - "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
Judges 2:5 - "And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD."
Judges 10:2 - "And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir."
Judges 2:11 - "¶ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:"
1 Corinthians 6:2 - "Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?"
Psalms 2:10 - "Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth."
Judges 5:2 - "Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves."
Judges 2:8 - "And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old."
Judges 2:18 - "And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them."
2 Chronicles 19:6 - "And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment."
Matthew 7:2 - "For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."
2 Chronicles 19:5 - "¶ And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,"
Judges 13:2 - "¶ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not."
"And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth." - Judges 2:13
Judges 2:17 - "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."
Judges 1:2 - "And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand."
Judges 2:9 - "And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash."
2 Kings 23:22 - "Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;"
Judges 3:2 - "Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;"
1 Samuel 8:2 - "Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba."
Judges 21:2 - "And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;"
Isaiah 3:2 - "The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,"
Psalms 75:2 - "When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly."