Judges 2:23

2:23 This is why ¹  the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; ²  he did not hand them over to Joshua.

Judges 2:21

2:21 So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.

Judges 3:1

3:1 These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel – he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites. ³ 

Judges 4:2

4:2 The Lord turned them over to ⁴  King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. ⁵  The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim. ⁶ 

Judges 4:13

4:13 he ⁷  ordered ⁸  all his chariotry – nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels – and all the troops he had with him to go from Harosheth-Haggoyim to the River Kishon.

Judges 4:16

4:16 Now Barak chased the chariots and the army all the way to Harosheth Haggoyim. Sisera’s whole army died ⁹  by the edge of the sword; not even one survived! ¹⁰ 

¹ tn The words “this is why” are interpretive.

² tn Or “quickly.”

³ tn Heb “did not know the wars of Canaan.”

⁵ tn Heb “the Lord sold them into the hands of.”

⁶ tn Or “King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite ruler.”

⁷ tn Or “Harosheth of the Pagan Nations”; cf. KJV “Harosheth of the Gentiles.”

⁷ tn Heb “Sisera.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn Or “summoned.”

⁹ tn Heb “fell.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “was left.”