Judges 2:9 (ASV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

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;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "buried", "border", "inheritance", "timnath-heres", "hill-country", "ephraim", "north", and "mountain". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "buried" and "border", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And Joshua the son of Nun the..." into verse 10's "And also all that generation were gathered...", so "buried" and "border" 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 "buried" and "border" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.