In time, the insidious influence of the Canaanites was felt, and it could be said: “They [the Israelites] continued rejecting [Jehovah’s] regulations and his covenant that he had concluded with their forefathers and his reminders with which he had warned them, and they went following vain idols and became vain themselves, even in imitation of the nations that were all around them, concerning whom Jehovah had commanded them not to do like them. ”
(‏ داوران ۱ :‏ ۱۹ -‏ ۲۱ )‏ بعد از گذشت مدت زمانی ،‏ می‌شد نفوذ تدریجی کنعانیان را ملاحظه نمود و گفت :‏ « [اسرائیلیان] فرایض [یَهُوَه] و عهدیکه با پدران ایشان بسته و شهاداترا که بایشان داده بود ترک نمودند و پیروی اباطیل نموده باطل گردیدند و امُّتهائیرا که به اطراف ایشان بودند و خداوند ایشانرا دربارهٔ آنها امر فرموده بود که مثل آنها عمل منمائید پیروی کردند .‏ »