Judges 3:2

so that afterward their sons might learn to contend with their enemies, and to have a willingness to do battle:

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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

1These are the nations which the Lord left, so that by them he might instruct Israel and all who had not known the wars of the Canaanites,

3the five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who were living on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death.”

Genesis 3:7And the eyes of them both were opened. And when they realized themselves to be naked, they joined together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

Matthew 10:34Do not think that I came to send peace upon the earth. I came, not to send peace, but the sword.

1 Corinthians 9:26And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.

1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you have been called, and make a good profession of faith in the sight of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight. I have completed the course. I have preserved 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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