Judges 2:23
“Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.”
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Related Verses
“I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:”
“And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.”
“Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.”
“But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.”
“Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.”