Hakim-hakim 2:4
Konteks2:4 When the Lord’s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly. 1
Hakim-hakim 3:2
Konteks3:2 He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war. 2
Hakim-hakim 4:23
Konteks4:23 That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.
[2:4] 1 tn Heb “lifted their voices and wept.”
[3:2] 2 tn The Hebrew syntax of v. 2 is difficult. The Hebrew text reads literally, “only in order that the generations of the Israelites might know, to teach them war – only those who formerly did not know them.”
[3:2] sn The stated purpose for leaving the nations (to teach the subsequent generations…how to conduct holy war) seems to contradict 2:22 and 3:4, which indicate the nations were left to test Israel’s loyalty to the