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The Israelites were commanded to take Canaan (Israel) from the Canaanites (Deuteronomy ch.7), but they did so incompletely, allowing Canaanites to remain in various regions (Judges ch.1-2).
Caleb
They didn't. They established themselves in Israel. The country was only renamed Palestine by the Romans AFTER the Hebrews were kicked out.Tradition says they established themselves in Israel by Abraham, around 2000 BCE. Later, they return to Israel and had to battle the Canaanites, who moved in after them.Modern scholarship suggests that they actually WERE the Canaanites.
The Canaanites were the inhabitants of the land that the Israelites conquered as they entered the Promised Land. The Canaanites worshipped idols and practiced various immoral behaviors that went against the laws of God, which ultimately led to their destruction by the Israelites.
Gideon
AnswerThe first people we really know about, in what is now Israel, were the West Semitic people known in the Old Testament as Canaanites.
The biblical Canaan is located in modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and parts of Jordan and Syria. The region has historical and cultural significance as the promised land in the Bible.
Jewish tradition and scripture hold that the law was delivered by Moses (משה) to the Children of Israel (×‘× ×™ ישראל).
Her name was Deborah. The account referred to by the question is found in Judges 4.
Israel became a smaller geographical entity due to various historical factors such as wars, conquests, and treaties. The boundaries of modern-day Israel do not encompass the entire extent of the Promised Land mentioned in religious texts.
According to the biblical description, the territory which we now call Israel was, at the time of the Jewish exodus from Egypt, called Canaan, and it was inhabited by Canaanites. The city of Jerusalem was inhabited by Jebusites.
The Canaanites (Though there is a school of thought that says the hebrews didn't fight the Canaanites, but that they WERE the canaanites.)