Obedience to the TorahAfter the death of Joshua and the death of "all this generation", the next generation "knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel” (Judges 2:10). Because this new generation was consistently unfaithful to the covenant God had made with them in Deuteronomy, God was furious. He says in Judges 2:20-22: “Because this nation has broken the covenant that I made with their ancestors and has not listened to me, 21 I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left behind. at his death. . 22 I will use them to test Israel to see if they will keep the way of the LORD and walk in it like their ancestors.” This is a perfect example of the Deuteronomic Story's emphasis on obedience to the Torah, which this module defines as "so that ancient Israel might enjoy God's good gift of the land, the ancient Israelites were to be faithful to the covenant God established with them…. » Since the Israelites were not faithful to the covenant, God made their lives extremely difficult by repeatedly subjecting them to the service of unrighteous kings in a wicked land....