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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. | ||