2 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
3 namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sido´nians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Ba´al–her´mon unto the entering in of Hamath.
4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Per´izzites, and Hivites, and Jeb´usites:
6 and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Ba´alim and the groves.
8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chu´shan–rishatha´im king of Mesopota´mi-a: and the children of Israel served Chu´shan–rishatha´im eight years.