Judges 2:8 (DBY)

Passage

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, a hundred and ten years old.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:6 And Joshua dismissed the people, and the children of Israel went every man to 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 whose days were prolonged after Joshua, who had seen all the great works of Jehovah, which he had done for Israel.

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

Judges 2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-Heres, in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the mountain of Gaash.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "joshua", "servant", "jehovah", "died", "hundred", and "years". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "joshua" and "servant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And the people served Jehovah all the..." into verse 9's "And they buried him in the border...", so "joshua" and "servant" 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 "joshua" and "servant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.