Judges 2:22

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
prove	נַסּ֥וֹת na.Sot	H5254	to test · verb, piel infinitive construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
keep	הֲשֹׁמְרִ֣ים ha.sho.me.Rim	H8104	properly · interrogative particle + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
way	דֶּ֨רֶךְ De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
walk	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
fathers	אֲבוֹתָ֖ם 'a.vo.Tam	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
keep	שָׁמְר֥וּ sha.me.Ru	H8104	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee,…
Deuteronomy 8:16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee g…
Deuteronomy 13:3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love…
Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Genesis 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Judges 3:1-4 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;
2 Chronicles 32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land,…
Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

The beginning of this paragraph is only a repetition of what account we had before of the people's good character during the government of Joshua, and of his death and burial (Jos 24:29, Jos 24:30), which comes in here again only to make way for the following account, which this chapter gives, of their degeneracy and apostasy. The angel had foretold that the Canaanites and their idols would be a snare to Israel; now the historian undertakes to show that they were so, and, that this may appear the more clear, he looks back a little, and takes notice, 1. Of their happy settlement in the land of Canaan. Joshua, having distributed this land among them, dismissed them to the quiet and comfortable…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them--The judges who governed Israel were strictly God's vicegerents in the government of the people, He being the supreme ruler. Those who were thus elevated retained the dignity as long as they lived; but there was no regular, unbroken succession of judges. Individuals, prompted by the inward, irresistible impulse of God's Spirit when they witnessed the depressed state of their country, were roused to achieve its deliverance. It was usually accompanied by a special call, and the people seeing them endowed with extraordinary courage or strength, accepted them as delegates of Heaven, and submitted to their sway. Frequently they were…

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John Gill on Judges 2:22

That through them I may prove Israel,.... Afflict them by them, and so prove or try them, their faith and patience, which are tried by afflictions; and such were the Canaanites to them, as afflictions and temptations are to the spiritual Israel of God; or rather, whether they would keep in the ways of God, or walk in those the Canaanites did, as follows: whether they will keep the way of the Lord, as their fathers did keep it, or not; whether they would worship the true God their fathers did, or the gods of the Canaanites; not that the Lord was ignorant of what they would do, and so made the experiment; but that the sincerity and faithfulness, or insincerity and unfaithfulness of their hear…

Dictionary and topics

Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Baal · .The Israelites wickedly worshiped in the time of the — .The Israelites wickedly worshiped in the time of the
Canaanites, The · Part of left: To try Israel — Part of left: To try Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 2:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

John Gill on Judges 2:22

Dictionary and topics

Judges 2:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

John Gill on Judges 2:22

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 2:22

Rashi on Judges 2:22