Judges 2:23
King James Version
“Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.”
Context
20And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
21I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
22That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep or not.
23Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.