603. Israel Fails to Conquer the Land ⏤ Judges 1:19-36

603.

Israel Fails to Conquer the Land

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Today's Passage: Judges 1:19-36

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16th strategy.
Repeating Sentences or Themes in the Text

• Stop and pray.
• Ask God to open your heart to hear what He is calling you to take away from your time together this day.
• Take the time to read this passage one time.
• Do you find that there are repeating sentences or themes in the text.
• If so, underline each of the repetitions.
• In the Bible we know that if themes/words are repeated they are done so for emphasis.
• So, ponder the repetitions and ask God to reveal to you why he would have them repeat.
• Is there a theme that comes from these representations? What might they emphasize?
• This might not come to you all at once. It might not even come to you today.
• But, if you ask God to reveal this to you, He will give you an answer.
• I have even waited as much as years for revelation. But oh when it has been revealed - celebration occurs.
• Be sure to thank God for meeting with you today.
  

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19. The LORD was with the people of Judah, and they took possession of the hill country. But they failed to drive out the people living in the plains, who had iron chariots.
20. The town of Hebron was given to Caleb as Moses had promised. And Caleb drove out the people living there. who were descendants of the three sons of Anak.

21. The tribe of Benjamin, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live in Jerusalem among the people of Benjamin.

22. The descendants of Joseph attacked the town of Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
23. They sent men to scout out Bethel (formerly known as Luz).
24. They confronted a man coming out of the town and said to him, "Show us a way into the town, and we will have mercy on you."
25. So he showed them a way in, and they killed everyone in the town except that man and his family.
26. Later the man moved to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named it Luz which is its name to this day.

27. The tribe of Manasseh failed to drive out the people living in Beth-shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and all their surrounding settlements, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in that region.
28. When the Israelites grew stronger, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves, but they never did drive them completely out of the land.

29. The tribe of Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued to live there among them.

30. The tribe of Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites continued to live among them. But the Canaanites were forced to work as slaves for the people of Zebulun.

31. The tribe of Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
32. Instead, the people of Asher moved in among the Canaanites, who controlled the land, for they failed to drive them out.

33. Likewise, the tribe of Naphtali failed to drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. Instead, they moved in among the Canaanites, who controlled the land. Nevertheless, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were forced to work as slaves for the people of Naphtali.

34. As for the tribe of Dan, the Amorites forced them back into the hill country and would not let them come down into the plains.
35. The Amorites were determined to stay in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but when the descendants of Joseph became stronger, they forced the Amorites to work as slaves.
36. The boundary of the Amorites ran from Scorpion Pass to Sela and Continued upward from there.
Judges 1:19-36 NLT

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