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# After Joshua died
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This begins a new event. In the previous story Joshua reminded the Israelites of their promise to obey God. This story transitions to what the Israelites actually did after Joshua died. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])
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# and they did not drive out
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This tells how they disobeyed God, so in some languages it may be better to start this as a new sentence, “They did not.”
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# drive out the rest of the Canaanites from the Promised Land
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This can be translated, “fight with the rest of the Canaanites to force them to leave the Promised Land.”
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# the true God
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That is, “the only real God.” Yahweh is the only one that people should worship.
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# so everyone did what they thought
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The connecting word "so" connects the reason—Israel had no king, with the result—everyone did what they thought was right rather than what God said. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-connectingwords]])
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# what they thought was right for themselves
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This means that they all did whatever they wanted to do, including many evil things.
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