Judges 3:1

These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

Majority Standard Bible

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

2if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:22The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.

Deuteronomy 8:16He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

Judges 2:21I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

2 Chronicles 32:31And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

Proverbs 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand 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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