Judges 2:7 (LSB)

Passage

And the people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who saw all the great work of Yahweh which He had done for Israel.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:5 So they named that place Bochim; and there they sacrificed to Yahweh.

Judges 2:6 Then Joshua sent the people away, and the sons of Israel went each to his inheritance to possess the land.

Judges 2:7 And the people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who saw all the great work of Yahweh which He had done for Israel.

Judges 2:8 Then Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died at the age of 110.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "people", "served", "yahweh", "days", "joshua", "elders", and "survived". 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 "Then Joshua sent the people away and..." into verse 8's "Then 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.