Judges 3:1

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

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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 least those who knew nothing of it before:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:22The LORD your God will cast out those nations before you little by little. You may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.

Deuteronomy 8:16who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;

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

2 Chronicles 32:31However, concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to test 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 tests the hearts.

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. 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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