Judges 2:7 (ASV)

Passage

And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto Jehovah.

Judges 2:6 Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

Judges 2:7 And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "people", "served", "jehovah", "days", "joshua", "elders", and "outlived". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "people" and "served", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Now when Joshua had sent the people..." into verse 8's "And Joshua the son of Nun the...", so "people" and "served" 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 "people" and "served" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.