Judges 2:22

That through them I may proue Israel, whether they wil kepe the way of the Lorde, and walke therin as their fathers dyd, or not.

Bible (Bishops')

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

21I will hencefoorth not cast out before them one man of the nations whiche Iosuah left when he dyed:

23And so the Lorde left those nations, and droue them not out immediatly, neither deliuered them into the hande of Iosuah.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:1After these sayinges, god did tempt Abraham, and sayde vnto him Abraham. Which answered, here I am.

Judges 3:4Those remayned to proue Israel by, and to wyt whether they would hearken vnto the commaundementes of the Lorde, which he commaunded their fathers by the hande of Moyses.

Proverbs 17:3As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.

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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