Judges 2:7 (DRB)

Passage

And they served the Lord all his days, and the days of the ancients, that lived a long time after him, and who knew all the works of the Lord, which he had done for Israel.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:5 And the name of that place was called, The place of weepers, or of tears: and there they offered sacrifices to the Lord.

Judges 2:6 And Josue sent away the people, and the children of Israel went every one to his own possession to hold it:

Judges 2:7 And they served the Lord all his days, and the days of the ancients, that lived a long time after him, and who knew all the works of the Lord, which he had done for Israel.

Judges 2:8 And Josue, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being a hundred and ten years old;

Judges 2:9 And they buried him in the borders of his possession in Thamnathsare, in Mount Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaas.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "served", "lord", "days", "ancients", "lived", "long", and "time". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "served" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

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