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He did not quickly drive them out or allow Joshua to conquer them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So the LORD left those nations, not driving them out quickly, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out immediately; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not hand them over to Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Yahweh allowed those nations to rest, not dispossessing them quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out at once; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD left these nations and did not drive them out immediately. He did not hand them over to Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD left these nations and did not drive them out immediately. He did not hand them over to Joshua. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />That's why the LORD had not let Joshua get rid of those enemy nations all at once. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD let these nations stay. He had not handed them over to Joshua or forced them out quickly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD allowed these nations to remain in the land; he did not give Joshua victory over them, nor did he drive them out soon after Joshua's death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So the LORD caused those nations to remain and did not expel them quickly. He did not give them into Joshua's control.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />This is why the LORD permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; he did not hand them over to Joshua. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out speedily, neither did he deliver them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily. He didn’t deliver them into Joshua’s hand. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH leaves these nations, so as not to dispossess them quickly, and did not give them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah leaveth these nations, so as not to dispossess them hastily, and did not give them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will leave these nations, not to drive them out quickly, and he gave them not into the hand of Joshua.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them, neither did he deliver them into the hands of Josue. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, the Lord left all these nations, and he was not willing to quickly overthrow them, nor did he deliver them into the hands of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD allowed these nations to remain instead of expelling them immediately. He had not delivered them into the power of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the LORD had left those nations, not driving them out at once, and had not handed them over to Joshua.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD left these nations, and did not destroy them hastily; neither had he delivered them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH left these nations behind them, and he did not destroy them quickly, and LORD JEHOVAH did not deliver them into the hand of Yeshua <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered He them into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So the Lord will leave these nations, so as not to cast them out suddenly; and he delivered them not into the hand of Joshua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/2-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=591" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/2.htm">Judges Raised Up</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.” <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">That is why the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">had left those</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/5117.htm" title="5117: way·yan·naḥ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To rest, i.e. settle down">in place</a> <a href="/hebrew/1115.htm" title="1115: lə·ḇil·tî (Prep-l) -- Constructive feminine of balah; properly, a failure of, i.e. not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.">and had not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: hō·w·rî·šām (V-Hifil-Inf:: 3mp) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">driven them out</a> <a href="/hebrew/4118.htm" title="4118: ma·hêr (Adv) -- Hastening, speedy, swift. From mahar; properly, hurrying; hence in a hurry.">immediately</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nə·ṯā·nām (V-Qal-Perf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">by delivering them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">into the hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/3091.htm" title="3091: yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yhowshua; from Yhovah and yasha'; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua, the Jewish leader.">of Joshua.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/3-1.htm">Judges 3:1-4</a></span><br />These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan, / if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly: / the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-22.htm">Deuteronomy 7:22</a></span><br />The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-29.htm">Exodus 23:29-30</a></span><br />I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you. / Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/23-12.htm">Joshua 23:12-13</a></span><br />For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-55.htm">Numbers 33:55-56</a></span><br />But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle. / And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-34.htm">Psalm 106:34-36</a></span><br />They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, / but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. / They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20-23</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. / When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin. / The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-30</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. / But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-17</a></span><br />Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. / So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Isaiah 63:10</a></span><br />But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm">Jeremiah 7:25-26</a></span><br />From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-18.htm">Acts 13:18-19</a></span><br />He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness. / And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-24</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5-11</a></span><br />Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. / These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.</p><p class="hdg">left or suffered </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/24-4.htm">Allowed</a> <a href="/joshua/24-10.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/judges/2-18.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/judges/2-21.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/judges/2-21.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/judges/2-21.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/judges/2-18.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/judges/2-18.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-16.htm">Hastily</a> <a href="/judges/2-21.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/genesis/39-18.htm">Leaveth</a> <a href="/judges/2-21.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/joshua/6-14.htm">Once</a> <a href="/judges/2-16.htm">Power</a> <a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/genesis/44-11.htm">Speedily</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/21-10.htm">Allowed</a> <a href="/judges/3-9.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/judges/3-9.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/judges/11-7.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/judges/5-26.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/judges/3-4.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/judges/3-8.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/judges/9-54.htm">Hastily</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-14.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-16.htm">Leaveth</a> <a href="/judges/3-1.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/judges/3-12.htm">Once</a> <a href="/judges/3-12.htm">Power</a> <a href="/judges/9-54.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-1.htm">Speedily</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/2-1.htm">An angel rebukes the people at Bochim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/2-6.htm">The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/2-14.htm">God's anger and pity toward them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/2-20.htm">The Canaanites left to prove Israel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>That is why the LORD had left those nations in place</b><br>This phrase refers to the divine decision to allow certain Canaanite nations to remain in the land of Israel. The context is the period after Joshua's leadership, where the Israelites failed to fully obey God's command to drive out all the inhabitants of the Promised Land. This decision served as a test for Israel, to see if they would remain faithful to God amidst pagan influences. The presence of these nations was also a means to teach warfare to the new generations of Israelites who had not experienced the battles of the conquest (<a href="/judges/3.htm">Judges 3:1-2</a>).<p><b>and had not driven them out immediately</b><br>The immediate removal of these nations was not executed, highlighting a divine purpose in the delay. This delay was not due to God's inability but rather served as a consequence of Israel's disobedience and a test of their faithfulness. It also provided an opportunity for Israel to demonstrate their reliance on God rather than their own strength. The gradual process of driving out the nations is reminiscent of God's promise in <a href="/exodus/23-29.htm">Exodus 23:29-30</a>, where He stated that He would not drive them out in a single year to prevent the land from becoming desolate.<p><b>by delivering them into the hand of Joshua</b><br>Joshua, as the leader of Israel, was initially tasked with the conquest of Canaan. His leadership was marked by significant victories, yet the complete conquest was not achieved during his lifetime. This phrase underscores the transition from Joshua's leadership to the period of the Judges, where the responsibility of driving out the remaining nations fell to the tribes of Israel. The mention of Joshua serves as a reminder of the initial divine mandate and the partial fulfillment of God's promises through him. Joshua is often seen as a type of Christ, leading God's people into the Promised Land, just as Jesus leads believers into spiritual rest and victory.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is sovereign over all nations and peoples.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the Canaanite nations that were left in the land of Israel. These nations were a test for Israel's faithfulness to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of Israel who succeeded Moses and led the Israelites into the Promised Land. His leadership was marked by military conquests and the initial distribution of the land among the tribes of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_human_responsibility.htm">God's Sovereignty and Human Responsibility</a></b><br>God allowed the nations to remain as a test for Israel, demonstrating His sovereignty. However, Israel's failure to fully obey God's command shows the importance of human responsibility in following God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_partial_obedience.htm">The Consequences of Partial Obedience</a></b><br>Israel's incomplete obedience led to ongoing struggles with idolatry and sin. This serves as a warning to believers about the dangers of not fully committing to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/testing_and_spiritual_growth.htm">Testing and Spiritual Growth</a></b><br>The presence of the Canaanite nations was a test for Israel's faithfulness. Similarly, God may allow challenges in our lives to test and strengthen our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_leadership.htm">The Importance of Leadership</a></b><br>Joshua's leadership was crucial in the initial conquest of the land. The absence of strong, godly leadership in Judges led to Israel's spiritual decline, emphasizing the need for godly leaders in the church and community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_israelites_continue_idolatry.htm">If Joshua 23 emphasizes exclusive worship of Yahweh, why do historical records suggest continued syncretism and idolatry among the Israelites?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_couldn't_manasseh_defeat_canaanites.htm">Joshua 17:12: Why couldn't Manasseh drive out the Canaanites if God had already promised total victory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_josiah's_passover_scale_plausible.htm">Is the reported scale of Josiah's Passover celebration (2 Kings 23:21-23) historically plausible, given scant external corroboration?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/2-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">That is why the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had left those</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֔לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nations</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹיִ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in place</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּנַּ֤ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yan·naḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3240.htm">Strong's 3240: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">and had not</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבִלְתִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇil·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1115.htm">Strong's 1115: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until</span><br /><br /><span class="word">driven them out</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹרִישָׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·rî·šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">immediately</span><br /><span class="heb">מַהֵ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(ma·hêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4118.htm">Strong's 4118: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hastening, speedy, swift</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by delivering them</span><br /><span class="heb">נְתָנָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ṯā·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into the hand</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיַד־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yaḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Joshua.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3091.htm">Strong's 3091: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/2-23.htm">Judges 2:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/2-23.htm">Judges 2:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/2-23.htm">Judges 2:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/2-23.htm">Judges 2:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/2-23.htm">Judges 2:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/2-23.htm">Judges 2:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/2-23.htm">Judges 2:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/2-23.htm">Judges 2:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/2-23.htm">Judges 2:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/2-23.htm">Judges 2:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/2-23.htm">OT History: Judges 2:23 So Yahweh left those nations without driving (Jd Judg. 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