--- title: "Bullinger" description: "an Angel = the Angel or Captain of Jehovah" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/judges/2" --- **an Angel** = the Angel or Captain of Jehovah's host, Who had appeared to Joshua in Gilgal. [Joshua 5:13-15](../../../kjv/joshua/5/13-15) **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **Bochim** = weepers. **I said.** Compare [Genesis 17:7](../../../kjv/genesis/17/7) . **ye shall make no league.** Compare [Exodus 23:32](../../../kjv/exodus/23/32) .[Deuteronomy 7:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/2) , [Deuteronomy 7:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/5) , &c. **ye shall throw down.** Compare [Exodus 34:12](../../../kjv/exodus/34/12) , [Exodus 34:13](../../../kjv/exodus/34/13) .[Deuteronomy 12:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/3) . **why. ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis* ( App-6 ). Or, "what [is] this [that] ye have done? " **be as thorns in your sides.** Some codices read "be adversaries to you". Compare [Numbers 33:55](../../../kjv/numbers/33/55) .[Joshua 23:13](../../../kjv/joshua/23/13) . **children** = sons. **let the People go.** Compare [Joshua 24:28-31](../../../kjv/joshua/24/28-31) . **who.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and who". **works** = work. **Timnath-heres.** Some codices, with Syriac and Vulg, read "Timnathserah". Compare [Joshua 19:50](../../../kjv/joshua/19/50) ; [Joshua 24:30](../../../kjv/joshua/24/30) . **mount** = hill country. **knew not.** Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause). App-6 . Put for obeyed not or cared not for. **evil** = the evil. Hebrew. *ra* ' *a* '. See App-44 . Six "evil" doings recorded in this book ( App-10 ): [Judges 3:7](../../../kjv/judges/3/7) , [Judges 3:12](../../../kjv/judges/3/12) ; [Judges 4:1](../../../kjv/judges/4/1) ; [Judges 6:1](../../../kjv/judges/6/1) ; [Judges 10:6](../../../kjv/judges/10/6) ; [Judges 13:1](../../../kjv/judges/13/1) . **forsook.** Religion is not a gradual evolution to what is higher, but a declension to what is lower. See note on [Joshua 24:14](../../../kjv/joshua/24/14) . **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 . **people** = peoples. **Ashtaroth.** The special evil of Canaanite nations. Name derived from the *Asherah* (see App-42 ). The *Asherah* was idolatry of the most revolting form of immorality under the guise of religion. All virtue surrendered. The "going a whoring" is more than a figure of speech. See [Exodus 34:13](../../../kjv/exodus/34/13) .[Deuteronomy 7:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/5) ; [Deuteronomy 12:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/3) ; [Deuteronomy 16:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/21) . Note all the occurrences of *'Ashtaroth* : [Deuteronomy 1:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/4) .[Joshua 9:10](../../../kjv/joshua/9/10) ; [Joshua 12:4](../../../kjv/joshua/12/4) ; [Joshua 13:12](../../../kjv/joshua/13/12) , [Joshua 13:31](../../../kjv/joshua/13/31) .[Joshua 2:13](../../../kjv/joshua/2/13) ; Jos 10:6 . [1 Samuel 7:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/7/3) , 1Sa 7:4 ; [1 Samuel 12:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/12/10) ; [1 Samuel 31:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/31/10) . **spoilers . . . enemies.** *Six* oppressors and servitudes named: [Judges 3:8](../../../kjv/judges/3/8) , [Judges 3:12](../../../kjv/judges/3/12) ; [Judges 4:2](../../../kjv/judges/4/2) ; [Judges 6:1](../../../kjv/judges/6/1) ; [Judges 10:7](../../../kjv/judges/10/7) ; [Judges 13:1](../../../kjv/judges/13/1) . **evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a'* . App-44 . **as** = according as. Compare [Leviticus 26](../../../kjv/leviticus/26) . [Deuteronomy 28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28) . **judges.** This word gives the name to the book = one who put right what was wrong; hence, a ruler. **delivered** = saved. Six deliverances: [Judges 3:9](../../../kjv/judges/3/9) , [Judges 3:15](../../../kjv/judges/3/15) ; [Judges 4:23](../../../kjv/judges/4/23) ; [Judges 8:28](../../../kjv/judges/8/28) ; [Judges 11:33](../../../kjv/judges/11/33) ; [Judges 16:30](../../../kjv/judges/16/30) . **all the days, &c.** This raises the question as to Deborah's call. See note on [Judges 4:4](../../../kjv/judges/4/4) . **when.** Compare [Judges 3:12](../../../kjv/judges/3/12) . **people** = nation. **transgressed.** Hebrew. *'abar.* App-44 . **therein.** A special various reading called *Sevir* ( App-34 ), with some codices, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "in it": i.e. in Jehovah's way. **driving them out** = dispossessing. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/judges/2#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 2"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/judges/2#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/judges/2","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 2","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/judges/2#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"an Angel = the Angel or Captain of Jehovah's host, Who had appeared to Joshua in Gilgal. 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