The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . 5A PPITLISTINEJ. AMORITES ISRAELS OPPRESSORS 129 stroke and capture of the key to the land, Jericho,and his marvelous success in taking one city afteranother, and his good fortune in not meeting a greatand united army, gave him easy possession of manyof the strongest points in the West-Jordanic territory. 108. After the partial conquest of this land and theformal settlement of the tribes among their conqueredand unconquered neighbors, we find Israel subjectedto the fiercest temptations. Peaceful proximity tothe corrupt custo
The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . 5A PPITLISTINEJ. AMORITES ISRAELS OPPRESSORS 129 stroke and capture of the key to the land, Jericho,and his marvelous success in taking one city afteranother, and his good fortune in not meeting a greatand united army, gave him easy possession of manyof the strongest points in the West-Jordanic territory. 108. After the partial conquest of this land and theformal settlement of the tribes among their conqueredand unconquered neighbors, we find Israel subjectedto the fiercest temptations. Peaceful proximity tothe corrupt customs of their neighbors was a dan-gerous condition of things. It very soon resulted infriendly commercial intercourse, in mixed marriages,in a kind of free and easy coalescence of plans andpurposes. The seductive religious rites of these newpeoples, appealing to the physical senses of Israel,soon made captive the unwary conqueror, and wonhim over to the customs of the conquered. 109. This rapid coalescence of Israel with the peo-ples of Canaan dragged them down and made them aneasy p
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