Text: Judges 2:6-9
OT Text Referred to: Joshua 24:28-31
Subject: Parallel account of Joshua's dismissal and death
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression
Significance: Judges 2:6-9 is a near-verbatim reproduction of Joshua 24:28-31, recording Joshua's dismissal of the people, the note about his age at death (110 years), and his burial at Timnath-heres. The primary difference is the order: Joshua 24 places the people's faithfulness before Joshua's death, while Judges 2 places it after, creating a subtle shift in emphasis. This repetition functions as a deliberate literary bridge (a "resumptive repetition") that connects the two books, signaling that the Judges narrator assumes and builds upon the Joshua narrative as the canonical prelude to Israel's decline cycle.
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Text: Joshua 24:28-31
OT Text Referred to: Judges 2:6-9
Subject: Joshua's death and leadership transition
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Judges 2:6-9 reproduces Joshua 24:28-31 almost verbatim, recounting Joshua's dismissal of the people, his death at age 110, his burial at Timnath-serah, and the faithfulness of the generation that knew him. Both passages use the title עֶבֶד יְהוָה (eved YHWH, "servant of the LORD") for Joshua, a designation previously reserved for Moses (Josh 1:1). The Judges account transposes the order slightly -- placing the note about Israel's faithfulness (Judg 2:7) before Joshua's death rather than after it -- creating a more pointed contrast with the apostasy that immediately follows in Judges 2:10-12. This direct quotation at the seam between the two books frames the entire judges period as what happened after the last faithful leader died.