Judges 3:2

Only because of the generations of the children of Israel, for the purpose of teaching them war--only those who up till then had no experience of it;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

In Context

1Now these are the nations which the Lord kept in the land for the purpose of testing Israel by them, all those who had had no experience of all the wars of Canaan;

3The five chiefs of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites and the Zidonians and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from the mountain Baal-hermon as far as Hamath:

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.

Genesis 3:7And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.

Matthew 10:34Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.

1 Corinthians 9:26So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

1 Timothy 6:12Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

2 Timothy 4:7I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

Matthew Henry on Judges 3:2-8

The Idolatry of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1406.) 1 Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were… Read the whole commentary →

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