Judges 3:2

רַק לְמַעַן דַּעַת דֹּרוֹת בְּנֵֽי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְלַמְּדָם מִלְחָמָה רַק אֲשֶׁר ־ לְפָנִים לֹא יְדָעֽוּם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

In Context

1וְאֵלֶּה הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחַ יְהוָה לְנַסּוֹת בָּם אֶת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ יָדְעוּ אֵת כָּל ־ מִלְחֲמוֹת כְּנָֽעַן ׃

3חֲמֵשֶׁת ׀ סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וְכָל ־ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַצִּידֹנִי וְהַחִוִּי יֹשֵׁב הַר הַלְּבָנוֹן מֵהַר בַּעַל חֶרְמוֹן עַד לְבוֹא חֲמָֽת ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמֽוּת ׃

Genesis 3:7וַתִּפָּקַחְנָה עֵינֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּדְעוּ כִּי עֵֽירֻמִּם הֵם וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה וַיַּעֲשׂוּ לָהֶם חֲגֹרֹֽת ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 3:2-8

The Idolatry of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1406.) 1 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; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were… Read the whole commentary →

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