He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the Lord drove out before Israel.)
Joshua 23:9 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘The Lord has driven out before you great and powerful nations; to this day no-one has been able to withstand you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Lord has driven out from before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no man has been able to withstand you to this day. American Standard Version (1901) For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day. Common English Bible “The LORD has removed great and powerful nations before you. To this day, no one has stood up to you. Catholic Public Domain Version And then the Lord God will take away, in your sight, nations that are great and very robust, and no one will be able to withstand you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And then the Lord God will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong: and no man shall be able to resist you. |
He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the Lord drove out before Israel.)
Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it for ever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David,
then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.
He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No-one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them.
No-one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites – Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, the sons of Anak.
The Lord your God himself will push them out for your sake. He will drive them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.
But you are to hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have until now.
And the Lord drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God.’