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| [Illustration:  Canaanite chisel (bronze)]                         |
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| [Illustration:  Canaanite file]                                    |
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| [Illustration:  Bronze Hammerhead]                                 |
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| [Illustration:  Very ancient Canaanite Flint, for making stone     |
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| [Illustration:  Bone awl Handle]                                   |
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| [Illustration:  Canaanite WHETSTONES]                              |
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| [Illustration:  Canaanite or Hebrew nails]                         |
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By this policy he pleased the people, both in the north and in the south.  And after seven years of division the leading men of all the tribes came to David at Hebron, in Judah his headquarters, and made him king over the entire Hebrew nation, north, east, and south.

=David’s victories.=—­Soon after this David declared his independence of the Philistines.  War broke out and for a time it went against the Hebrews.  But in the end they were able to rally their resources under their new leader, and inflicted two crushing defeats on their old enemies, which made them instead of the Philistines once and for all the masters of Canaan.

From the Philistines David turned against the other petty enemies who had so often taken advantage of the weakness of the Hebrews.  Already, while a vassal of the Philistines, he had thoroughly punished the Amalekites, in the deserts of the south; and now he gave the Ammonites and Moabites and other enemies on the east a taste of Hebrew warfare.  Before many years passed they had all learned their lesson, and there was peace in Canaan.

PROGRESS IN CIVILIZATION

During all those years when the Hebrews were fighting for existence life in their little villages and towns had been anything but pleasant.  Not only was there constant danger from human enemies and from famine, there was also a lack of the comforts and pleasures of civilized life.  There were no books to read, no musical instruments to play on, and few opportunities for any kind of recreation.  They had only coarse, rough clothing to wear, and coarse, ugly furniture for their homes.