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Israel Rebuked at Bochim

Judges 2:5

In 11 translations

BSB
So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.Bochim means weepers.
KJV
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.Bochim: that is, Weepers
WEB
They called the name of that place Bochim, and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.“Bochim” means “weepers”.
ASV
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto Jehovah.
LSV
and they call the name of that place Bochim, and sacrifice to YHWH there.
YLT
and they call the name of that place Bochim, and sacrifice there to Jehovah.
DBY
And they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to Jehovah.
DRC
And the name of that place was called, The place of weepers, or of tears: and there they offered sacrifices to the Lord.
GNV
Therefore they called the name of that place, Bochim, and offered sacrifices there vnto the Lord.
JPS
And they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
LXXE
And they named the name of that place Weepings; and they sacrificed there to the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיִּקְרְא֛וּ שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא בֹּכִ֑ים וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־שָׁ֖ם לַֽיהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπωνόμασαν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου, Κλαυθμῶνες· καὶ ἐθυσίασαν ἐκεῖ τῷ Κυρίῳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • Genesis 35:8Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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