We see two reactions to the conquest of the promised land. The first was war just fight them. This was not a winning strategy as long as Israel was serving God. The second was deceit. This is the one the Gibeonites used, and though it saved their lives, it put them in constant slavery. Again, I point out that the one correct reaction was never tried, the surrender of their lives to follow the God of Israel. I believe this could have been an option, but no one, it seemed, wanted to chance the gods they followed to serve the living God.
It was good to see that the people were not happy with their leaders, but I don't see that they made any changes in their leadership, which causes me to wonder if they were as disgruntled as they should have been?
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