士师记 3:1

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

耶和華留下的民族這些國的人是耶和華留下的，為要藉著他們來試驗以色列人，就是所有沒有經驗過迦南任何戰爭的人；

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
耶 和 华 留 下 这 几 族 ， 为 要 试 验 那 不 曾 知 道 与 迦 南 争 战 之 事 的 以 色 列 人 ，

Contextual Overview

¹ These are the nations the Lord did not force to leave. He wanted to test the Israelites who had not fought in the wars of Canaan. ² (The only reason the Lord left those nations in the land was to teach the descendants of the Israelites who had not fought in those wars how to fight.) ³ These are the nations: the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the people of Sidon, and the Hivites who lived in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath. ⁴ Those nations were in the land to test the Israelites—to see if they would obey the commands the Lord had given to their ancestors by Moses. ⁵ The people of Israel lived with the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. ⁶ The Israelites began to marry the daughters of those people, and they allowed their daughters to marry the sons of those people. Israel also served their gods. ⁷ The Israelites did what the Lord said was wrong. They forgot about the Lord their God and served the idols of Baal and Asherah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 2561, bc 1443, An, Ex, Is, 48

the nations: Judges 2:21, Judges 2:22, Deuteronomy 7:22

prove: Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 8:16, 2 Chronicles 32:31, Job 23:10, Proverbs 17:3, Jeremiah 6:27, Jeremiah 17:9, Jeremiah 17:10, Zechariah 13:9, John 2:24, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 4:12, Revelation 2:23

as had not: Judges 2:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:37 - Moabites Exodus 15:25 - proved Exodus 23:29 - in one year Deuteronomy 6:19 - General Joshua 13:2 - the land Judges 3:4 - to prove 1 Samuel 28:1 - Philistines 1 Kings 9:21 - left 2 Chronicles 12:8 - that they may

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."

Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel."

Ecclesiastes 4:10
If one falls down, the other can help him up. But it is bad for the person who is alone and falls, because no one is there to help.

Isaiah 27:1
At that time the Lord will punish Leviathan, the gliding snake. He will punish Leviathan, the coiled snake, with his great and hard and powerful sword. He will kill the monster in the sea.

Matthew 4:3
The devil came to Jesus to tempt him, saying, "If you are the Son of God, tell these rocks to become bread."

Matthew 4:6
The devil said, "If you are the Son of God, jump down, because it is written in the Scriptures: ‘He has put his angels in charge of you. They will catch you in their hands so that you will not hit your foot on a rock.'" Psalm 91:11–12

Matthew 4:9
The devil said, "If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all these things."

Matthew 10:16
"Listen, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves.

2 Corinthians 11:14
This does not surprise us. Even Satan changes himself to look like an angel of light.

1 Peter 3:7
In the same way, you husbands should live with your wives in an understanding way, since they are weaker than you. But show them respect, because God gives them the same blessing he gives you—the grace that gives true life. Do this so that nothing will stop your prayers.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now these [are] the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel by them,.... Which are later mentioned, Judges 3:3;

[even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan; those that Joshua, and the people of Israel under him, had with the Canaanites, when they first entered the land and subdued it; being then not born, or so young as not to have knowledge of them, at least not able to bear arms at that time.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even as many of Israel ... - These words show that the writer has especially in view the generation which came to man’s estate immediately after the close of the wars with the Canaanites Joshua 23:1. Compare Judges 2:10.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER III

An account of the nations that we left to prove Israel, 1-4.

How the people provoked the Lord, 5-7.

They are delivered into the power of the king of Mesopotamia,

by whom they are enslaved eight years, 8.

Othniel is raised up as their deliverer; he discomfits the king

of Mesopotamia, delivers Israel, and the land enjoys peace for

forty years, 9-11.

They again rebel, and are delivered into the hand of the king

of Moab, by whom they are enslaved eighteen years, 12-14.

They are delivered by Ehud, who kills Eglon, king of Moab, and

slays ten thousand Moabites, and the land rests fourscore

years, 15-40.

NOTES ON CHAP. III

Verse Judges 3:1. Now these are the nations — The nations left to prove the Israelites were the five lordships or satrapies of the Philistines, viz., Gath, Askelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gaza; the Sidonians, the Hivites of Lebanon, Baal-hermon, c. with the remains of the Canaanites, viz., the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, and Jebusites.

Those who were left to be proved were those Israelites that had not seen all the wars of Canaan.