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;
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4 additional translationsNow these are the nations which Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
And these are the nations which Jehovah left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan;
And these are the nations that Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, all that had not known all the wars of Canaan;
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About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy