The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . ia Minor, Ganaanites from the Persian Gulf, Amor-ites from some distant land, made Palestine a strangecommingling of foreigners. It is altogether probable that the hint alreadynoted in 1 Chronicles, and the scraps of informationcontained in Judges (chap, i.) preserve sufficient ev-idence to warrant the conclusion that there were alsopresent in Canaan among these frequently mentionednationalities communities of Hebrews. They werealready in quiet possession of certain districts, andwere an element in favor of the increasing ar
The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . ia Minor, Ganaanites from the Persian Gulf, Amor-ites from some distant land, made Palestine a strangecommingling of foreigners. It is altogether probable that the hint alreadynoted in 1 Chronicles, and the scraps of informationcontained in Judges (chap, i.) preserve sufficient ev-idence to warrant the conclusion that there were alsopresent in Canaan among these frequently mentionednationalities communities of Hebrews. They werealready in quiet possession of certain districts, andwere an element in favor of the increasing army oftheir brethren. 107. This mixed population, in this small bit ofterritory, overrun and plundered by every crossingarmy for hundreds of years, was the problem whichfaced the invading Israelites. Separated into smallclans, or centered in small cities, some of them well-walled and strongly fortified, without any centralorg;anization, or any common bond of unity, thesepeoples became an easy prey even to such an armyas that with which Joshua crossed the Jordan. His. 5A PPITLISTINEJ
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