Judges 2 Bible Study Guide — Summary, Themes & Outline

Judges 2 is the key to understanding the entire book. The Angel of the Lord confronts Israel at Bochim for breaking the covenant. The chapter then describes the death of Joshua's generation and the rise of a generation that did not know the Lord or the works he had done for Israel. The pattern is established: Israel does evil, God gives them into the hands of oppressors, they cry out, God raises a judge to deliver them, but they return to sin after the judge dies.