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Judges 3:2 (KJV)

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

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Judges 3 — surrounding verses

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 Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

4

And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

5

And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

6

And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

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