a. The Canaanites were determined to dwell in the land: At first there were pockets of Canaanites that these tribes were unable to push out of the land. But when the tribes eventually grew strong enough, they compromised with those Canaanites and thought they could use them to their advantage (they put the Canaanites under tribute). i. “The story as here given reveals that whereas the work began in earnest, it gradually weakened.
Judges 1:27–29