Atlas  Bochim (Bethel) and surrounding region Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info Occurrences Judges 2:1 The angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, "I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said,'I will never break my covenant with you:Judges 2:5 They called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to Yahweh. Encyclopedia BOCHIMbo'-kim (ha-bokhim): A place on the mountain West of Gilgal said to have been so named (literally "the weepers") because Israel wept there at the remonstrance of the angel (Judges 2:1, 5). No name resembling this has been discovered. Given on the occasion mentioned, it may not have endured. Many, following Septuagint, identify it with Bethel. Strong's Hebrew H1066: Bokim"weepers," a place in Palestine |
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