Response
“The first to plead his cause seems right, until his neighbor comes and examines him.” Proverbs 18:17
In a CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) video,
(https://youtu.be/FWB8IW5k2Sw?si=tS7yu-6Q2C9AYVd7)
Gordon Robertson states that the Canaanites were “…almost completely obliterated by the Israelites in the 13th century BC. The few that remained were assimilated into Israelite culture.” How accurate is this statement?
According to the Bible, the Canaanites were not wiped out. “Nevertheless, the children of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maachathites, but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelite until this day.” Joshua 13:13
Several scriptures reveal that the Israelites did not drive out the Canaanites.
“As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.” Joshua 15:63
“And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.” Joshua 16:10
“Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, but the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land. And it happened, when the children of Israel grew strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.” Joshua 17:12-13