Judges 2:21-23
21 (A)I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died,
22 in order to (B)test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk in it as their fathers (a)did, or not.”
23 So the Lord allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.
Footnotes:
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Judges 2:22: ['Lit ', kept]