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===Failure of Conquest of Canaan and Israel’s Sin ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%201-2&version=NIV Chapters 1–2])=== | ===Failure of Conquest of Canaan and Israel’s Sin ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%201-2&version=NIV Chapters 1–2])=== | ||
After [[Joshua]]’s death and the passing of the generation that had witnessed [[ | After [[Joshua]]’s death and the passing of the generation that had witnessed [[The Power of God|God’s power]] in leading Israel into Canaan, the Israelites gradually forgot about God as subsequent generations arose. | ||
As a result of failing to drive out all the foreign nations during the early stages of the conquest of Canaan, later generations of the Israelites began to worship the Canaanite gods that those nations served. As a result, they provoked God’s anger and were oppressed by neighboring nations. However, God did not abandon Israel but raised up judges to deliver them from the hands of their enemies. Yet, whenever a judge died, the people returned to their rebellion and committed even greater sins. | As a result of failing to drive out all the foreign nations during the early stages of the conquest of Canaan, later generations of the Israelites began to worship the Canaanite gods that those nations served. As a result, they provoked God’s anger and were oppressed by neighboring nations. However, God did not abandon Israel but raised up judges to deliver them from the hands of their enemies. Yet, whenever a judge died, the people returned to their rebellion and committed even greater sins. | ||
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===Corruption of Israel ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2017-21&version=NIV Chapters 17–21])=== | ===Corruption of Israel ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2017-21&version=NIV Chapters 17–21])=== | ||
Micah, from the hill country of Ephraim, built a shrine in his house, set up an ephod and [[ | Micah, from the hill country of Ephraim, built a shrine in his house, set up an ephod and [[Teraphim|household idols]], and appointed his own son as a [[priest]]. Then, Micah took in a young Levite who had left Bethlehem in Judah and made him his priest, hoping that God would bless him because a [[Levites]] was now serving as his priest. | ||
At that time, the tribe of Dan, unable to secure land due to the pressure from the Philistines, sought to find a new place to settle. They knew that Micah’s house contained the ephod, household idols, and other idols, so they took them by force, and they also took the young Levite to be their priest for their tribe. The tribe of Dan captured the city of Laish and renamed it Dan, after their tribe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges+18%3A31&version=NIV |title=Judges 18:31 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | At that time, the tribe of Dan, unable to secure land due to the pressure from the Philistines, sought to find a new place to settle. They knew that Micah’s house contained the ephod, household idols, and other idols, so they took them by force, and they also took the young Levite to be their priest for their tribe. The tribe of Dan captured the city of Laish and renamed it Dan, after their tribe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges+18%3A31&version=NIV |title=Judges 18:31 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | ||