Judges 2:22
to prove Israel with them, whether they would keep the way of the Lord, to walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or no.
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Genesis 22:1And it came to pass after these things that God tempted Abraham, and said to him, Abraham, Abraham; and he said, Lo! I am here.
Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thy heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.
Deuteronomy 13:3and the sign or the wonder come to pass which he spoke to thee, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye know not;
Judges 3:4And this was done in order to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commands of the Lord, which he charged their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Job 23:10For he knows already my way; 1 And he has tried me as gold. 1
Proverbs 17:3As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, 1 So are choice hearts with the Lord. 1
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 →