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Bochim
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Weepers, a place where the angel of the Lord reproved the Israelites for entering into a league with the people of the land. This caused them bitterly to weep, and hence the name of the place (Judg. 2:1, 5). It lay probably at the head of one of the valleys between Gilgal and Shiloh.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(the weepers) a place on the west of Jordan, above Gilgal; so named from the weeping of Israel. (Judges 2:1,6)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
BO'CHIM (weepers), so named from the weeping of Israel. Jud 2:1-5. It was west of the Jordan, above Gilgal.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
the place of weeping; or of mulberry-trees
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
BO'CHIM (weepers), so named from the weeping of Israel. Jud 2:1-5. It was west of the Jordan, above Gilgal.