Deuteronomy 6:19
and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the Lord said.
Exodus 23:28-30
I will send hornets before you that will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you.
Numbers 33:52-53
you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.
Judges 2:1-3
The Lord's angelic messenger went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, "I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. I said, 'I will never break my agreement with you,
Judges 3:1-4
These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel -- he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites.