Judges 3:1

And these are the nations that Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, all that had not known all the wars of Canaan;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

2only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:22And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations from before thee by little and little; thou shalt not be able to make an end of them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

Deuteronomy 8:16who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

Judges 2:21I also will not henceforth dispossess from before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died;

2 Chronicles 32:31However in [the matter of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.

Proverbs 17:3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?

Matthew Henry on Judges 3:1

In this chapter, I. A general account of Israel's enemies is premised, and of the mischief they did them, ver. 1-7 . II. A particular account of the brave exploits done by the first three of the judges. 1. Othniel, whom God raised up to fight Israel's battles, and plead their cause against the king of Mesopotamia, ver. 8-11 . 2. Ehud, who was employed in rescuing Israel out of the hands of the Moabites, and did it by stabbing the king of Moab, ver. 12-30 . 3. Shamgar, who signalized himself in an encounter with… Read the whole commentary →

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