Judges 2:5

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“So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.”

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BSBPD

“So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and they call the name of that place Bochim, and sacrifice there to Jehovah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 2:5 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 35:8Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
  2. Joshua 7:26And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
  3. Judges 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
  4. Judges 13:19Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.
  5. 1 Samuel 7:9Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.

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