What does Judges 2:6 Mean?

Verse Meaning

This section of the book provides a theological introduction to the judges" deeds, whereas Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 is a historical introduction. It also explains further the presence of Canaanites in the Promised Land. The first introduction ( Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5) is from Israel"s perspective and the second ( Judges 2:6 to Judges 3:6) is from God"s. ^[1] The first deals with military failure, and the second with religious failure. ^[2] [source]

Context Summary

What a thrilling experience it must have been to hear Joshua and Caleb talk of Egypt, the Red Sea, and Sinai! The younger men would stand awestruck as the veterans narrated their experiences of God. Open your diaries of the past, ye older saints, and tell what the Lord hath done for you. It will hearten us for the fight, Malachi 3:16.

Joshua was carried to his last resting-place in his inheritance-"the portion of the sun"-amid the respect and affection of the entire people. Like Moses, he had deserved to be known as "the servant of the Lord." The elders, who had witnessed the conquest of Canaan, took up his testimony and told of Jericho and the valley of Ajalon. But these also were "gathered unto their fathers," which implies more than burial. They joined the great throng of holy ones who are gathering around our Lord, awaiting the hour when, as a radiant throng, they shall issue forth with Him to take up the kingdom of the world. What a gathering that will be! Whatever else we miss, let us see to it that we stand in our lot, "at the end of the days," Genesis 49:33; Genesis 50:14; Daniel 12:13. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 2

¹  An angel rebukes the people at Bochim
⁶  The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua
¹⁴  God's anger and pity toward them
²⁰  The Canaanites left to prove Israel