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Religion See other Religion Articles Title: Why did God command the extermination of the Canaanites, women and children included? Why did God command the extermination of the Canaanites, women and children included? Question: "Why did God command the extermination of the Canaanites, women and children included?" Answer: In 1 Samuel 15:2-3, God commanded Saul and the Israelites, “This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.'" God ordered similar things when the Israelites were invading the promised land (Deuteronomy 2:34; 3:6; 20:16-18). Why would God have the Israelites exterminate an entire group of people, women and children included? This is honestly a very difficult issue. We do not fully understand why God would command such a thing, but at the same time we trust God that He is just – and recognize that we are incapable of fully understanding a sovereign, infinite, and eternal God. As we look at difficult issues such as this one, we have to remember that God’s ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9; Romans 11:33-36). We have to be willing to trust God and have faith in Him even when we do not understand His ways. Unlike us, God knows the future. God knew what the results would be if Israel did not completely eradicate the Amalekites. If Israel did not carry out God’s orders, the Amalekites would come back to “haunt” the Israelites again and again. Saul claimed to have killed everyone but the Amalekite king Agag (1 Samuel 15:20). Obviously Saul was lying…just a couple of decades later there were enough Amalekites to take David and his men’s families captive (1 Samuel 30:1-2). After David and his men attacked the Amalekites and rescued their families, 400 Amalekites escaped. If Saul had fulfilled what God had commanded him, this never would have occurred. Several hundred years later, a descendant of Agag, Haman, tried to have the entire Jewish people exterminated (see the book of Esther). So, Saul’s incomplete obedience almost resulted in Israel’s destruction. God knew this would occur, so He ordered the extermination of the Amalekites ahead of time. In regard to the Canaanites, God commanded, “However, in the cities of the nations the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy them — the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites — as the LORD your God has commanded you. Otherwise, they will teach you to follow all the detestable things they do in worshiping their gods, and you will sin against the LORD your God” (Deuteronomy 20:16-18). The Israelites failed in this mission as well, and exactly what God said would happen occurred (Judges 2:1-3; 1 Kings 11:5; 14:24; 2 Kings 16:3-4). God did not order the extermination of these people to be cruel, but rather to prevent even greater evil from occurring in the future. Probably the most difficult part of these commands from God is that God ordered the death of children and infants as well. Why would God order the death of innocent children? (1) Children are not innocent (Psalm 51:5; 58:3). (2) These children would have likely grown up as adherents to the evil religions and practices of their parents. (3) By ending their lives as children, God enabled them to have entrance into Heaven. We strongly believe that all children who die are accepted into Heaven by the grace and mercy of God (2 Samuel 12:22-23; Mark 10:14-15; Matthew 18:2-4). Again, this answer does not completely deal with all the issues. Our focus should be on trusting God even when we do not understand His ways. We also have to remember that God looks at things from an eternal perspective, and that His ways are higher than our ways. God is just, righteous, holy, loving, merciful, and gracious. How His attributes work together can be a mystery to us – but that does not mean that He is not who the Bible proclaims Him to be. Recommended Resource: Show Them No Mercy: 4 Views on God and Canaanite Genocide. Related Topics: Why is God so different in the Old Testament than He is in the New Testament? How do I get the image of God as imposing and angry out of my mind? Did God create evil? Why is God a jealous God? Is it wrong to question God? poster comment: Deu 7:1 — When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; http://www.blueletterbible.org/s...k.cfm?b=Deu&c=7&v=1&t=KJV Deuteronomy 7:1-26 Deu 7:2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: Deu 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. Deu 7:4 **** For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly........ http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Deu&c=7&v=1 ...Jos 23:12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, [even] these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: Jos 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out [any of] these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. Jdg 3:2 Now these [are] the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan; Jdg 3:2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; Jdg 3:3 [Namely], five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath. Jdg 3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. Jdg 3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: Jdg 3:6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. Jdg 3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves...... 1Ki 11:2 Of the nations [concerning] which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: [for] surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. Ezr 9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, [even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. Ezr 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of [those] lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass......... http://www.blueletterbible.org/s...k.cfm?b=Deu&c=7&v=3&t=KJV 1Ki 11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites; 1Ki 11:2 Of the nations [concerning] which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: [for] surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 1Ki 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. 1Ki 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father. 1Ki 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites...... Eze 16:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity [is] of the land of Canaan; thy father [was] an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. http://www.blueletterbible.org/s...k.cfm?b=Jdg&c=3&v=6&t=KJV Jer 11:10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers....... Jer 11:13 For [according to] the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and [according to] the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to [that] shameful thing, [even] altars to burn incense unto Baal. http://www.blueletterbible.org/B...?b=Jer&c=11&v=10&t=KJV#10 http://www.blueletterbible.org/s...cfm?b=Jer&c=11&v=10&t=KJV
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#1. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt (#0)
God didn't "command" it.
Your input wont be needed here. You have neither the eyes to see or the ears to hear. You have hardened your heart. You wont get it without genuine repentance.
I trust no one that claims they know the Will of God. You appear to fall into that camp.
The jooish wannabe old friend, the cocksucker who is full of hate crimes disappeared for a few days and sadly is back on here to spew its hatred once again. This prick wants to pit in my face and laugh about it. That is a hate crime. This very same asshole claims that the joos are only killing women and children in Gaza that are Palis and less than human. I have contacted the atty gen to see if the spitting in my face is a hate crime. If it is , it will have to deal with my disdain for hateful ignortant idiots. Anybody with an ounce of intelligence knows that it is the joos who are destruction of our country. Then they wonder why they become unwelcome aroud the globe.
So your one of those liberal faggots that support hate crimes huh. Well go suck Obama off you little prick. I would literally spit in your face if you were in my presence. Then I would urinate on you. Then watch you run away crying. Sissyboy.
You are pathetic asswipe! Christine isn't your momma. I've been a member on here before you were a gleam in your old mans eye. You have done very little to endear yourself to members on here. I wanted to get you riled up so that members on here could get to see what a phony piece of shit you really are. You took the bait! It is no wonder that ac/dc is your favorite band. You are also ac/dc and a joo loving asshole who believes Palis are sub human and need to be eradicated by the joos so they can continue to hoodwink all of mankind. If I knew how to come face with your sorry ass, I would teach you something about life and human beings. You wanna spit in my face, I'll give your sorry ass the opportunity by my willing to meet you where ever you choose? How anybody can claim to be a Christian and have so much hatred for human beings is beyond my comprehension and beyond the pale. Why anybody feels the need to engage you leaves me shaking my head. I can't come up with enough words that would properly describe such a sorry piece of humanity and I'm stretching to include the words humanity.
Lies like this is why you should have your ass kicked.
I speak no lies. You are the one who calls the Palis sub human and the one who is cheering on the evil joos killing women and children in the bombings in Gaza. If I could see your face, I bet you are lathering at the mouth in support of the jooish zionists. Why I bet you beleive the government 9-11 comission lies and cover-up. Well do you? I've been thinking why you have so much hatred for other human beings. After much thought, I have come to realize just how much you have been deranged by the christianity you have been raised under. Your favorite pastor, teddy haggard has not been the best mentor for someone as prone to believe the falsehoods that have been crammed into your head. I bet you believe gw bushkie is a genius. Then you have become overwhelmed by the jesus hating john hagee who is hoping for armegeddon. Jimmy swigert and kenny copeland along with benny hen have short circuited whatever brain function you were born with. Add on the jooish msm and man, you are way over the top and there is no turning back. There is hope for you however, because they are looking for someone to appear as a contestant on I'm Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.
I have a website called libertysflame.com I go by A K A Stone I have a 911 section. Right here http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/headlines.cgi You can easily see what I believe about 911 there.
Then why don'y you go there and stay there. Maybe you could call it freakish flames or something. By the way, are you ashamed to admit that you masturbate daily?
How about this shit kisser. Give yourself a swirley next time your going down.
Someone just sent me this. They ask me if I knew what old friend stood for. Of course I didn't know. They said: Old Friend stands for: Original Lying Deceitful Faggot Requesting Israhelli Engineered Nuclear Destruction of all mankind starting with the Palis. Are they right suckmeister?
#41. To: LACUMO (#40)
No. I used to post here as stone. Then I came back and I thought. Old Friend. It's that simple. Also no one sent you that. You've spent the last 20 minutes trying to come up with something cute. You lack creativity. Get a life.
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