Judges 3:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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;

The nations

Judges 2:21

Deuteronomy 7:22

Prove

As had not

Judges 2:10

General references

Deuteronomy 6:19

Bible References

The nations

I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

The Lord your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once; otherwise, the wild animals will become too numerous for you.

Prove

Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.

When the ambassadors of Babylon’s rulers were sent to him to inquire about the miraculous sign that happened in the land, God left him to test him and discover what was in his heart.

Yet He knows the way I have taken;
when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.

I have appointed you to be an assayer among My people—
a refiner—
so you may know and assay their way of life.

The heart is more deceitful than anything else,
and incurable—who can understand it?

I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”

Jesus, however, would not entrust Himself to them, since He knew them all

so that the genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.

I will kill her children with the plague.

Then all the churches will know that I am the One who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

As had not

That whole generation was also gathered to their ancestors. After them another generation rose up who did not know the Lord

or the works He had done for Israel.

General references

by driving out all your enemies before you, as the Lord has said.