So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily. He didn’t deliver them into Joshua’s hand.
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So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily. He didn’t deliver them into Joshua’s hand.
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Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
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So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered He them into the hand of Joshua.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 2:23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without…
Jdg 2:23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Ver. 23. Therefore the Lord left those nations.] Those mentioned in the beginning of the next chapter.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Hastily, or speedily; when the Israelites desired it and…
Hastily, or speedily; when the Israelites desired it and needed it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Therefore the Lord left these nations, without driving them…
Therefore the Lord left these nations, without driving them out hastily,.... Left them unsubdued, or suffered them to continue among the Israelites, and did not drive them out as he could have done; which was permitted, either that it might be seen and known whether Israel would give into the idolatry of these nations or not, Jdg 2:22; of which there could have been no trial, if they and their idols had been utterly destroyed; or because the children of Israel had transgressed the covenant of the Lord, therefore he would drive no more of them out, but leave them to afflict and distress them, and thereby prove and try them, Jdg 2:20; both senses may very well stand, but the former seems rather to agree with what follows:
neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua; having an end to be answered by them, before suggested, namely, to prove and try Israel; and, for a like reason, the indwelling sin and corruptions of God's people are suffered to remain in them, for the trial of their graces, and that the power of God in the support and deliverance of them might appear the more manifest.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. Without driving them out hastily] Had God…
Verse 23. Without driving them out hastily] Had God expelled all the ancient inhabitants at once, we plainly see, from the subsequent conduct of the people, that they would soon have abandoned his worship, and in their prosperity forgotten their deliverer. He drove out at first as many as were necessary in order to afford the people, as they were then, a sufficiency of room to settle in; as the tribes increased in population, they were to extend themselves to the uttermost of their assigned borders, and expel all the remaining inhabitants. On these accounts God did not expel the aboriginal inhabitants hastily or at once; and thus gave the Israelites time to increase; and by continuing the ancient inhabitants, prevented the land from running into waste, and the wild beasts from multiplying; both of which must have infallibly taken place had God driven out all the old inhabitants at once, before the Israelites were sufficiently numerous to occupy the whole of the land.
THESE observations are important, as they contain the reason why God did not expel the Canaanites. God gave the Israelites a grant of the whole land, and promised to drive out their enemies from before them if they continued faithful. While they continued faithful, God did continue to fulfil his promise; their borders were enlarged, and their enemies fled before them. When they rebelled against the Lord, he abandoned them, and their enemies prevailed against them. Of this, their frequent lapses and miscarriages, with God's repeated interpositions in their behalf, are ample evidence. One or two solitary instances might not be considered as sufficient proof; but by these numerous instances the fact is established. Each rebellion against God produced a consequent disaster in their affairs; each true humiliation was invariably followed by an especial Divine interposition in their behalf. These afforded continual proof of God's being, providence, and grace. The whole economy is wondrous; and its effects, impressive and convincing. The people were not hastily put in possession of the promised land, because of their infidelity. Can the infidels controvert this statement? If not then their argument against Divine revelation, from "the failure of positive promises and oaths," falls to the ground. They have not only in this, but in all other respects, lost all their props.
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"Helpless and prostrate all their system lies
Cursing its fate, and, as it curses, dies."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 23. Therefore — In Deu_7:22, another reason is assigned…
23. Therefore — In Deu_7:22, another reason is assigned for leaving the Canaanites in the land, namely, “lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.” But that passage contemplates the destruction of the idolaters, “little by little,” through an uncompromising aggression upon them, while in this the Israelites are rebuked and punished for giving up the contest as hopeless, and for making covenants with those whom God had doomed to a gradual extermination.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. Taking this verse as the conclusion of Jdg_2:20-22,…
23. Taking this verse as the conclusion of Jdg_2:20-22, the emphasis falls on hastily, i.e. during Joshua’s life-time; the nations were not destroyed all at once, because Jehovah wished to test the fidelity of the succeeding generations. But this adds little to the thought of Jdg_2:20-22; and the last half of the verse takes us back to Joshua’s life-time, whereas Jdg_2:7-8; Jdg_2:21 presuppose his death. The word left (not the word for left in Jdg_2:21) seems rather to connect with Jdg_3:1, and most critics regard Jdg_2:23 a as leading up to Jdg_3:1-3, where the nations are left to teach Israel the art of war. If this is the case, Jdg_2:23 a, like the nucleus of Jdg_3:1-3, will belong to J, and form the close of ch. 1; these nations (not the nations in Jdg_3:3) will then mean the nations alluded to in ch. 1. The last part of the verse is a harmonizing gloss.
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