Judges 2:23

Judges 3:1 →

Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

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Interpretation

We have a general idea of the course of things in Israel, during the time of the Judges. The nation made themselves as mean and miserable by forsaking God, as they would have been great and happy if they had continued faithful to him.

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This thought runs through Judges 2:20-23.

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Glossary

Joshua Tribe: Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A. V. ), and Jesus in Acts 7:45 and Heb. 4:8 .