RENEWING THE CONQUEST
Judges 1:1
The land had been given. There could be no doubt about _that._ In the
ancient covenant which Jehovah had made with Abram, He said: “Unto
thy seed have I given this land.” See Genesis 15:18. It had also
been conquered and divided by lot, as we learn in Joshua 14:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
FLAGGING IN THEIR GREAT TASK
Judges 1:16; Judges 2:1
The conquest of Canaan was very partial. Israel dwelled among the
ancient inhabitants of the land, much as the Normans did among the
Anglo-Saxons, whom they found in England; and the mixture of the two
peoples was the beginning of moral degenera... [ Continue Reading ]