Judges 2:22

In order to put Israel to the test, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as their fathers did, or not.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

In Context

21From now on I will not go on driving out from before them any of the nations which at the death of Joshua were still living in this land;

23So the Lord let those nations go on living in the land, not driving them out quickly, and did not give them up into the hands of Joshua.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:1Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

Deuteronomy 8:2And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

Deuteronomy 13:3Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

Judges 3:4For the purpose of testing Israel by them, to see if they would give ear to the orders of the Lord, which he had given to their fathers by the hand of Moses.

Job 23:10For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

Proverbs 17:3The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:7-23

The Idolatry of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1425.) 6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord , that he did for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord , died, being a hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres,… Read the whole commentary →

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