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Judges 3:2

(He did so to teach warfare to the later generations of Israel, particularly to those who had not previously experienced it.)

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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

1The following are the nations the Lord left and used to test all those Israelites who had not known what it was like to be part of any of the wars in Canaan.

3They are: the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because the day you eat from it you are certain to die.”

Genesis 3:7Immediately they saw everything differently and realized they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves up.

Matthew 10:34Don't think I've come to bring peace on earth. I haven't come to bring peace, but a sword.

1 Corinthians 9:26That's why I run straight in the right direction. I fight accurately, not punching the air.

1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight as you trust in God. Hold on tightly to the eternal life to which you were called. This is what you promised to do in front of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept my trust in God.

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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