Judges 2:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord left these nations and did not drive them out immediately. He did not hand them over to Joshua.

Cross References

Judges 2:22

I did this to test Israel and to see whether or not they would keep the Lord’s way  by walking in it, as their ancestors had.’

Judges 3:1

These are the nations the Lord left in order to test all those in Israel who had experienced none of the wars in Canaan.