In this chapter we have, I. A particular message which God sent to Israel by an angel, and the impression it made upon them, Judg. 2:1–5. II. A general idea of the state of Israel during the government of the judges, in which observe, 1.

It was the privilege of Israel that they had not only a law in general sent them from heaven, once for all, to direct them into and keep them in the way of happiness, but that they had particular messages sent them from heaven, as there was occasion, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction…

The beginning of this paragraph is only a repetition of what account we had before of the people’s good character during the government of Joshua, and of his death and burial , which comes in here again only to make way for the following account, which this chapter gives, of their degeneracy and…