Judges 2:5 (YLT)

Passage

and they call the name of that place Bochim, and sacrifice there to Jehovah.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:3 And I also have said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been to you for adversaries, and their gods are to you for a snare.'

Judges 2:4 And it cometh to pass, when the messenger of Jehovah speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, that the people lift up their voice and weep,

Judges 2:5 and they call the name of that place Bochim, and sacrifice there to Jehovah.

Judges 2:6 And Joshua sendeth the people away, and the sons of Israel go, each to his inheritance, to possess the land;

Judges 2:7 and the people serve Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, who saw all the great work of Jehovah which He did to Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "call", "name", "place", "bochim", "sacrifice", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "call" and "name", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And it cometh to pass when the..." into verse 6's "And Joshua sendeth the people away and...", so "call" and "name" 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 "call" and "name" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.