Judges 3:2-4

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

² It was only that the generations of the Israelites might know and be taught war, at least those who previously knew nothing of it.

³ The remaining nations are: the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt on Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to the entrance of Hamath.

⁴ They were for the testing and proving of Israel to know whether Israel would listen and obey the commandments of the Lord, which He commanded their fathers by Moses.