Judges 3:1

These are the nations the LORD left in the land to test the Israelites. These Israelites had not been through any of the wars in Canaan.

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Previous · Judges 2:23That is why the LORD had left those nations in the land. He had not driven them out right away. He had not handed them over to Joshua. Next · Judges 3:2He did it to teach war to the later generations of Israel. This was mostly for those who had never known war before.