Judges 3:2-4

New International Version

² (he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience): ³ the five^(A) rulers of the Philistines,^(B) all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites^(C) living in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon^(D) to Lebo Hamath.^{(E) 4} They were left to test^(F) the Israelites to see whether they would obey the Lord’s commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses.