Summary Of Incompletes Conquest Over The Canaanites And Perizzites

This book can be divided into three main section; Incomplete Conquest over the Canaanites, the deliverance of Israel, and the collapse of Society. After Joshua led his people into the promised land he had reminded them to be faithful to God, so that others might know him through them. However, after Joshua’s death many Israelites didn’t keep Moses law or Joshua’s command, and they decided to follow the Canaanite religion. At the beginning of Judges, Joshua had passed away and the people are wondering who is going to lead them in the battle against the Canaanites. The lord appointed Judah to go up, and take down the Canaanites and Perizzites which he, and the Simeonites successfully did. However, during these conquests, some tribes obeyed …show more content…
Throughout a long period of time, we can see the new generation had rejected the Lord and pursued other Gods. The Lord expresses his anger by allowing evil things to happen to them. This led the people to repentance, but only for a short period of time. When the people asked the Lord for repentance he would respond to them by providing a judge to deliver them. Although, God rescued them they didn’t learn from their lesson. For example, every time the judge would die the people would go back to their old ways of worshipping other Gods. Some of the major judges that God appointed are; Otheniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson. These judges helped the Israelites to conquer some territory through wars. Now, some of the minor judges are; shangar, Tola, Jair, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon. Even though, most of these judges had personal issues like unbelief towards the Lord, idolatry or even arrogance they were chosen by God to deliver Israel from the Canaanites way of life. Unfortunately, by the end of this long sequences of conquest and disobedience, God’s people had become more and more like the Canaanites than anything