Judges 3:2
ContextNETBible | 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 |
XREF | Ge 2:17; Ge 3:5,7; 2Ch 12:8; Mt 10:34-39; Joh 16:33; 1Co 9:26,27; Eph 6:11-18; 1Ti 6:12; 2Ti 2:3; 2Ti 4:7 |
NET © Notes |
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 |