士师记 2:5

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

於是給那地方起名叫波金；他們在那裡向耶和華獻祭。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
於 是 给 那 地 方 起 名 叫 波 金 （ 就 是 哭 的 意 思 ） 。 众 人 在 那 里 向 耶 和 华 献 祭 。

Contextual Overview

¹ The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up from Egypt and led you to the land I promised to give your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my agreement with you. ² But you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You must destroy their altars.' But you did not obey me. How could you do this? ³ Now I tell you, ‘I will not force out the people in this land. They will be your enemies, and their gods will be a trap for you.'" ⁴ After the angel gave Israel this message from the Lord , they cried loudly. ⁵ So they named the place Bokim. There they offered sacrifices to the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bochim: that is, Weepers, Genesis 35:8, Joshua 7:26

they sacrificed: Judges 6:24, Judges 13:19, 1 Samuel 7:9

Reciprocal: Judges 2:1 - Bochim 2 Kings 22:19 - wept Ezra 3:13 - the noise Ezra 10:1 - very sore Luke 7:38 - weeping 2 Corinthians 7:7 - mourning

Cross-References

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused every beautiful tree and every tree that was good for food to grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden, God put the tree that gives life and also the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:11
The first river, named Pishon, flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:12
The gold of that land is excellent. Bdellium and onyx are also found there.

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God forced Adam out of the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 4:2
After that, Eve gave birth to Cain's brother Abel. Abel took care of flocks, and Cain became a farmer.

Genesis 4:12
You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth."

Job 5:10
He gives rain to the earth and sends water on the fields.

Psalms 104:14
You make the grass for cattle and vegetables for the people. You make food grow from the earth.

Psalms 135:7
He brings the clouds from the ends of the earth. He sends the lightning with the rain. He brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Jeremiah 14:22
Do foreign idols have the power to bring rain? Does the sky itself have the power to send down showers? No, it is you, Lord our God. You are our only hope, because you are the one who made all these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they called the name of that place Bochim,.... Which signifies "weepers", from the general lamentation of the people, which before had another name; very probably it was Shiloh itself since all Israel was gathered together, the tabernacle being now at Shiloh, and also because sacrifices were offered up, as follows:

and they sacrificed there unto the Lord; to atone for the sins they had committed; and if they did this in the faith of the great sacrifice of the Messiah, they did well; however, so far there was an acknowledgment of their, guilt, and a compliance with the appointments of God directed to in such cases.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bochim - i. e. weepers. It was near Shechem, but the site is unknown. Compare the names given to places for similar reasons in Genesis 35:8; Genesis 50:11.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 2:5. They called the name of that place Bochim — The word בכים bochim signifies weepings or lamentations; and is translated by the Septuagint Κλαυθυων or Κλαυθυωνες, bewailings; and it is supposed that the place derived its name from these lamentations of the people. Some think the place itself, where the people were now assembled, was Shiloh, now named Bochim because of the above circumstance. It should be observed, that the angel speaks here in the person of God, by whom he was sent; as the prophets frequently do.