In chapter 1 of the book of Judges, the Israelies go to war against the Canaanites. What follows is one conquering war after another, the Israelites taking this land and that. The Canaanites were spread out, and each tribe took the time to war against them.
Most of the time they won. Others, for whatever reason, they did not. But the Canaanites were enslaved to work for them.
In chapter 2, the Israelites do what has been warned of them NOT to do: disobey God.
Those who had seen the awesome power God performed were faithful. However, as the years wore on and they started dying off, the next generation didn't hold to the same faithful values and started to worship other gods.
This angered God. And because of it, God prevented victories that should've been won to them.
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