NASB
"only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war, those who had not experienced it formerly)."
— Judges 3:2, NASB
“Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;”
“only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof: ”
“only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:”
“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.”
“That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war:”
“Only because of the generations of the children of Israel, for the purpose of teaching them war--only those who up till then had no experience of it;”
“Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;”
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan;
only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war, those who had not experienced it formerly).
These nations are: the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites who lived in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath.
They were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.
The sons of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;