Discovery BoxJudges 3:2 
Context3:2 He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war. 1
Judges 21:16
Context21:16 The leaders 2 of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? 3 After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.
1 tn The Hebrew syntax of v. 2 is difficult. The Hebrew text reads literally, “only in order that the generations of the Israelites might know, to teach them war – only those who formerly did not know them.”
sn The stated purpose for leaving the nations (to teach the subsequent generations…how to conduct holy war) seems to contradict 2:22 and 3:4, which indicate the nations were left to test Israel’s loyalty to the
2 tn Or “elders.”
3 tn Heb “What should we do for the remaining ones concerning wives?”
