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Bochim

Weepers, a place where the angel of the Lord reproved the Israelites for entering into a league with the people of the land. This caused them bitterly to weep, and hence the name of the place (Judg. …

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Weepers, a place where the angel of the Lord reproved the Israelites for entering into a league with the people of the land. This caused them bitterly to weep, and hence the name of the place (Judg. 2:1, 5). It lay probably at the head of one of the valleys between Gilgal and Shiloh.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(the weepers) a place on the west of Jordan, above Gilgal; so named from the weeping of Israel.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

BO'CHIM (weepers), so named from the weeping of Israel. Jud 2:1-5. It was west of the Jordan, above Gilgal.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

the place of weeping; or of mulberry-trees

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Judges 2:1 Judges 2:5 Judges 2:6 Judges 2:1–5
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