Judges 2:5

“And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.”

"And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD." - Judges 2:5
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What does Judges 2:5 mean?

The verse Judges 2:5 in the King James Version of the Bible states, "And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord." This verse is from the Book of Judges in the Old Testament and is found in the context of the Israelites' disobedience…

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The Cry of Bochim: A Call to Authentic Sacrifice

Judges 2:5 teaches us about a crucial moment in the Israelites’ journey—"And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD." This verse encapsulates a response, a recognition of sin, and a commitment to the Lord amidst their struggles…

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The Sacrifice of Our Hearts at Bochim

Heavenly Father, As we bow before Your glorious presence, we reflect on the sacred words found in Judges 2:5, where the people of Israel named the place Bochim, crying out to You in sorrow and lamentation. In that solemn moment, they recognized their failures, their…

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Judges 2:5 - "And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD."
Judges 5:2 - "Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves."
2 Chronicles 19:5 - "¶ And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,"
Judges 5:7
2 Corinthians 5:14 - "For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:"
"Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves." - Judges 5:2
Judges 10:5 - "And Jair died, and was buried in Camon."
Judges 5:5 - "The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel."
"¶ And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city," - 2 Chronicles 19:5
Judges 5:1 - "Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,"
2 Kings 15:5 - "¶ And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land."
Judges 5:20 - "They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera."
Judges 5:22 - "Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones."
Judges 2:16 - "¶ Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them."
"And Jair died, and was buried in Camon." - Judges 10:5
Judges 2:31
Judges 5:29 - "Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,"
Judges 5:10 - "Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way."
Judges 1:5 - "And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites."
1 Corinthians 5:12 - "For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?"
Judges 3:5 - "¶ And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:"
Judges 5:18 - "Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field."
Judges 5:19 - "The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money."
Judges 5:8 - "They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?"
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."
Jeremiah 5:28 - "They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge."
Judges 5:7 - "The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel."
Judges 5:9 - "My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD."
Judges 5:6 - "In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways."