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Judges 02 Translation Questions
Q? Where did the angel of Yahweh bring the people of Israel?
A. The angel of Yahweh brought them to the land he swore to give to their fathers. [2:1]
Q? When the angel said he would not drive the Canaanites out before the people of Israel, what did they do?
A. When the angel said he would not drive the Canaanites out before the people of Israel, they shouted and wept. [2:3-4]
Q? How long did the people serve Yahweh?
A. The people served Yahweh during the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him. [2:7]
Q? What gods did the people of Israel go after?
A. The people of Israel went after the very gods of the peoples who were around them. [2:12]
Q? What had Yahweh sworn to Israel?
A. Yahweh had sworn that wherever Israel went out to fight, Yahweh's hand would be against them to defeat them. [2:15]
Q? What did the judges do?
A. The judges saved the people of Israel from the power of those who were stealing their possessions. [2:16]
Q? What happened when the judge died?
A. When the judge died, the people of Israel would turn away and do things that were even more corrupt than their fathers had done. [2:19]
Q? Why would Yahweh not drive out from Israel any of the nations that Joshua left when he died?
A. Yahweh would not drive out from Israel any of the nations that Joshua left when he died, so that Yahweh could test Israel, whether or not they would keep the way of Yahweh and walk in it, as their fathers kept it. [2:21-22]