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Judges 01 General Notes
Structure and formatting
"After the death of Joshua"
This statement creates a seamless transition from the book of Joshua.
Special concepts in this chapter
Finishing the conquest of the Promised Land
Israel fought to clear the land of the Canaanites, but they also made treaties with other peoples and made some of them do hard labor. This was against God's instruction to completely remove the Canaanite people from the land.