Judges 2:21-23
Read Judges 2 in full →21aI also will no longer dispossess before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died, 22in order to atest Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to walk in it as their fathers 1did, or not.” 23So Yahweh allowed those nations to rest, not dispossessing them quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.