2Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
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Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. …
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)We are here told what remained of the old inhabitants of Canaan. 1. There were some of them that kept together in united bodies, unbroken (Jdg. 3:3): The five lords of the Philistines , namely, Ashdod, Gaza, Askelon, Gath, and Ekron, 1 Sam. 6:7. Three of these cities had been in part reduced (Jdg. 1:18), but it seems the Philistines (probably with the help of the other two, which strengthened thei…
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