Judges 3:2

only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:

American Standard Version

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 Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, even as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

3[namely], the 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 entrance of Hamath.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Genesis 3:7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Matthew 10:34Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, 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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