Judges 3:1

And these [are] the nations which YHWH left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan;

Literal Standard Version

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

2(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them)—

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:22And your God YHWH has cast out these nations from your presence little [by] little (you are not able to consume them quickly, lest the beast of the field multiplies against you),

Deuteronomy 8:16who is causing you to eat manna in the wilderness, which your fathers have not known, in order to humble you, and in order to try you, to do you good in your latter end;

Judges 2:21I also do not continue to dispossess any from before them of the nations which Joshua has left when he dies,

2 Chronicles 32:31and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending to him to inquire of the wonder that has been in the land, God has left him to try him, to know all in his heart.

Proverbs 17:3A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, || And the trier of hearts [is] YHWH.

Jeremiah 17:9The heart [is] deceitful above all things, || And it [is] incurable—who knows 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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