Judges 1-3

Chapter 1 describes the failure of the generation that followed Joshua. They failed to expel the evil people inhabiting the land of promise. Scripture does not say exactly why they failed but I think it was because they were satisfied with something less than what God had intended for them. They rejected God promise in order to settle where they were. After the compromise of that generation the following generation forgot about God. They probably never heard about God's promises from their parents. So they completed the process that their predecessors started by rejecting God. They no longer worshiped Him or sought his favor. I need to learn a lesson from the beginning of judges; never compromise on God's promises, and never forget about God.
Stuart