"Watchyourself that you makenocovenantwith the inhabitantsof the landinto whichyou are going,orit will becomea snarein your midst.
from the nationsconcerning whichthe LORDhad saidto the sonsof Israel,"You shall not associatewith them, norshall they associatewith you, [for] they will surelyturnyour heartawayaftertheir gods."Solomonheldfastto thesein love.
They setfor themselves [sacred] pillarsand Asherimon everyhighhilland undereverygreentree,
They abandonedthe houseof the LORD,the Godof their fathers,and servedthe Asherimand the idols;so wrathcameupon Judahand Jerusalemfor thistheir guilt.
And servedtheir idols,Which becamea snareto them.
then you shall driveout allthe inhabitantsof the landfrom beforeyou, and destroyalltheir figuredstones,and destroyalltheir moltenimagesand demolishalltheir highplaces;
sothat they may not teachyou to doaccording to alltheir detestablethingswhichthey have donefor their gods,so that you would sinagainst the LORDyour God.
"The LORDwill deliverthem up beforeyou, and you shall doto them according to allthe commandmentswhichI have commandedyou.
"You shall consumeallthe peopleswhomthe LORDyour Godwill deliverto you; your eyeshall not pitythem, norshall you servetheir gods,for that [would be] a snareto you.
and when the LORDyour Goddeliversthem beforeyou and you defeatthem, then you shall utterlydestroythem. You shall makenocovenantwith them and shownofavorto them.
The menof Israelsaidto the Hivites,"Perhapsyou are livingwithinour land;howthen shall we makea covenantwith you?"
and I saidto you, "I am the LORDyour God;you shall not fearthe godsof the Amoritesin whoselandyou live.But you have not obeyedMe."'"
Gideonmadeit into an ephod,and placedit in his city,Ophrah,and allIsraelplayedthe harlotwith it there,so that it becamea snareto Gideonand his household.
