Bochim

BOCHIM bo'-kim (ha-bokhim):

A place on the mountain West of Gilgal said to have been so named (literally "the weepers") because Israel wept there at the remonstrance of the angel (Judges 2:1,5). No name resembling this has been discovered. Given on the occasion mentioned, it may not have endured. Many, following Septuagint, identify it with Bethel.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BOCHIM'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.