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Judges 3:2

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Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
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  1. 2 Timothy 2:3Rank 1 from verse 2
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    3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

  2. 1 Corinthians 9:26–27Rank 2 from verse 2
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    26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

    27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

  3. 1 Timothy 6:12Rank 3 from verse 2
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    12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

  4. 2 Chronicles 12:8Rank 4 from verse 2
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    8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

  5. 2 Timothy 4:7Rank 5 from verse 2
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    7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

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Judges 3:2

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generations

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Plural form of generation (offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime).

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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teach

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To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.

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war

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Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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knew

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Perceived, understood, recognized, or was acquainted with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1NOW these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

2Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

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3Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

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