Study disproves the Bible's suggestion that the ancient Canaanites were wiped out
Except the bible makes clear that all Canaanites were not destroyed:
So the study actually confirms the bible.
The ancient Canaanites were not wiped out, as the Bible suggestshttps://www.yahoo.com/news/study-dis...044956848.html
The Israelites, when they were led to the Promised Land, were commanded utterly to destroy the descendants of Canaan then possessing it (Exodus 23:23; Numbers 33:52, 53; Deuteronomy 20:16, 17). This was to be done "by little and little," lest the beasts of the field should increase (Exodus 23:29; Deuteronomy 7:22, 23). The history of these wars of conquest is given in the Book of Joshua. The extermination of these tribes, however, was never fully carried out. Jerusalem was not taken till the time of David (2 Samuel 5:6, 7). In the days of Solomon bond-service was exacted from the fragments of the tribes still remaining in the land (1 Kings 9:20, 21). Even after the return from captivity survivors of five of the Canaanitish tribes were still found in the land.
http://biblehub.com/topical/c/canaanites.htm
http://biblehub.com/topical/c/canaanites.htm
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