Judges 3:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

JUDGES CHAPTER 3 The nations left to prove Israel mentioned, Judges 3:1-4. The Israelites marrying their daughters, and serving their gods, they are delivered up to the king of Mesopotamia; are rescued by Othniel, Judges 3:5-11. Continuing to do evil, they are again punished and oppressed by the king of the Moabites; are rescued by Ehud: ten thousand Moabites are slain, Judges 3:12-30. They are afterwards delivered from the Philistines by Shamgar, Judges 3:31. i.e. Such who had no experience of those wars, nor of God's extraordinary power and providence manifested in them.

Judges 3:1

1 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;