Judges 2:22
that by them I may test Israel, to see if they will keep the LORD’s way to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.”
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In Context
21I also will no longer drive out any of the nations that Joshua left when he died from before them;
Cross References
Genesis 22:1After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
Deuteronomy 8:2You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 13:3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Judges 3:4They were left to test Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the LORD’s commandments, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.
Proverbs 17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
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 →