We have more reminders in Judges 1 of how quickly the Israelites started to stray from God. God had told them to conquer the land and they had some successes but then we read about all these people who they failed conquer. We can only presume that it was because they were either generally disobedient to God or that in specific battles, they did not follow His directions and the result was the enduring burden of something to be eradicated.
There is a lesson here for all of us. Many of us have enemy troops in our lives because we didn't deal with them in the way God demanded. Perhaps we were careless, perhaps we thought we didn't really need to destroy them. The net result like Israel is a constant reminder of our sin and a thorn in our side.
If there is anything in our lives living like an enemy people, for everybody's sake, get it dealt with through prayer!
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