Judges 3:1

Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:22And the LORD thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little; thou mayest not consume them quickly, 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 afflict thee, and that He might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

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

2 Chronicles 32:31Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto 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 refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts.

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceeding weak — 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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