They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
Parallel translations
- WEB They didn’t destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them,
- KJV They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
- NKJV They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,
- NASB ¶They did not destroy the peoples, As the Lord had commanded them,
- NLT Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the Lord had commanded them.
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Quick answer
They failed to destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded. It matters because partial obedience left a snare among them.
Overview
In Canaan Israel did not fully drive out the nations as God had directed (Judges 1:21-36; 2:1-3). Their incomplete obedience preserved a dangerous influence. The verse begins a final cycle showing how compromise with surrounding peoples led to spiritual ruin.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Deut 7:2and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
- Deut 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
- Judg 1:21The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
- Josh 23:12–13For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
- 1 Sam 15:22–23But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
- Matt 17:19–20Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
- Num 33:55–56But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.
- Josh 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
- Judg 1:27–36At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
- Deut 20:16–17However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
- Josh 15:63But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
- Deut 7:23–24But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
- Judg 1:19The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.
- Num 33:52you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
- Josh 17:12–16But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
- 1 Sam 15:3Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
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