The Lord Raises Up Judges

Judges 2

16 d Then the Lord raised up judges, e who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them. 17 Yet they did not listen to their judges, for f they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. g They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not do so. 18 Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, h the Lord was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. i For the Lord was moved to pity by j their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them. 19 But k whenever the judge died, they turned back and were more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them. They did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways. 20 l So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said, "Because this people m has transgressed my covenant that I commanded their fathers and have not obeyed my voice, 21 n I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died, 22 in order o to test Israel by them, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their fathers did, or not." 23 So the Lord left those nations, not driving them out quickly, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

Judges 3

1 p Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan. 2 It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before. 3 These are the nations: q the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath. 4 They were for r the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. 5 So the people of Israel lived s among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 6 t And their daughters they took to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they served their gods.

  1. Cross References
    Judges 3:9
    But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
    Judges 3:15
    Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
    1 Samuel 12:11
    And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.
    Acts 13:20
    All this took about 450 years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
  2. Cross References
    Judges 3:31
    After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who kil...
    Judges 10:1
    After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola...
    Judges 10:12 - 13
    The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites and the ...
    Judges 12:2 - 3
    And Jephthah said to them, "I and my people had...
    Judges 13:5
    For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. ...
    Judges 3:9
    But when the people of Israel cried out to the ...
    Nehemiah 9:27
    Therefore you gave them into the hand of their ...
  3. Cross References
    Judges 8:33
    As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and whored after the Baals and made Baal-berith their god.
    Exodus 34:15
    Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:12
    Then the Lord said to me, 'Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them; they have made themselves a metal image.
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 1:5
    No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 6:6
    And the Lord was sorry that he had made man on ...
    Deuteronomy 32:36
    For the Lord will vindicate his people and have...
    Psalms 106:45
    For their sake he remembered his covenant, and ...
    Jeremiah 18:8
    And if that nation, concerning which I have spo...
    Jeremiah 26:3
    It may be they will listen, and every one turn ...
    Numbers 23:19
    God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of...
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 2:24
    And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
    Exodus 6:5
    Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.
  8. Cross References
    Judges 3:12
    And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
    Judges 4:1
    And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died.
    Judges 6:1
    The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years.
    Judges 8:33
    As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and whored after the Baals and made Baal-berith their god.
  9. Cross References
    Judges 2:14
    So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.
  10. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 17:2
    If there is found among you, within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing his covenant.
    Joshua 23:16
    If you transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he has given to you.
  11. Cross References
    Judges 2:3
    So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.
    Joshua 23:13
    Know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.
  12. Cross References
    Judges 3:1
    Now these are the nations that the Lord left, t...
    Judges 3:4
    They were for the testing of Israel, to know wh...
    Exodus 15:25
    And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed h...
    Deuteronomy 8:2
    And you shall remember the whole way that the L...
    Deuteronomy 8:16
    Who fed you in the wilderness with manna that y...
    Deuteronomy 13:3
    You shall not listen to the words of that proph...
  13. Cross References
    Judges 3:4
    They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
    Judges 2:21 - 22
    I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died.
  14. Cross References
    Joshua 13:2 - 6
    This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites
  15. Cross References
    Judges 3:1
    Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 3:8
    And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
    Psalms 106:35
    But they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 34:16
    And you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.
    Deuteronomy 7:3
    You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons.
    Ezra 9:12
    Therefore do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.
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