Judges 2:20-Judges 3:4 - The Lord Allows The Nations To Stay In Order To Test His People
20 And the wrath of Jehovah will kindle against Israel; and he will say, Because that this nation passed by my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and heard not to my voice, 21 I also will not add to drive out a man from their face from the nations which Joshua left, and he died, 22 So as to try Israel by them, whether they are watching the way of Jehovah to go in them, as their fathers watched, or not. 23 And Jehovah will leave these nations, not to drive them out quickly, and he gave them not into the hand of Joshua.
1 These the nations which Jehovah left to try Israel by them, (all which knew not the wars of Canaan; 2 Only for the generations of the sons of Israel to know to teach them war, only who before knew not;) 3 Five princes of Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivite dwelling in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-Hermon. 4 And they will be to try Israel by them to know whether they will hear the commands of Jehovah which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.