Judges 2:21-23

New International Version

²¹ I will no longer drive out^(A) before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died. ²² I will use them to test^(B) Israel and see whether they will keep the way of the Lord and walk in it as their ancestors did.” ²³ The Lord had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua.^(C)