2 and you are not to make a covenant with those who live in this land. You should break down their altars.’ But you didn’t obey me. What have you done?
3 So now I tell you, I won’t drive them out before you, but they’ll be a problem for you, and their gods will be a trap for you."
4 When the Lord’s messenger spoke these words to all the Israelites, they raised their voices and cried out loud.
5 So they named that place Bochim, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord there.
6 When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites each went to settle on their own family property in order to take possession of the land.
7 The people served the Lord throughout the rest of Joshua’s life and throughout the next generation of elders who outlived him, those who had seen all the great things that the Lord had done for Israel.
8 Joshua, Nun’s son and the Lord’s servant, died when he was 110 years old.