Easton's Bible Dictionary Weepers, a place where the angel of the Lord reproved the Israelites for entering into a league with the people of the land. This caused them bitterly to weep, and hence the name of the place (Judges 2:1, 5). It lay probably at the head of one of the valleys between Gilgal and Shiloh. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia 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.

Multi-Version Concordance Bochim (2 Occurrences) Judges 2:1 The angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, "I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said,'I will never break my covenant with you: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV) Judges 2:5 They called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)