Judges 2:10 (ASV)

Passage

And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old.

Judges 2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

Judges 2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.

Judges 2:11 And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim;

Judges 2:12 and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "generation", "gathered", "fathers", "arose", "another", "after", and "knew". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "generation" and "gathered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And they buried him in the border..." into verse 11's "And the children of Israel did that...", so "generation" and "gathered" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "generation" and "gathered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.