Most often, even if a city or region was to be taken, its inhabitants were not to be destroyed. For example, there were cities that the Israelites conquered where we\u2019re told that no Canaanites survived (Hebron and Debir in Joshua 10:36-39). But just a few chapters later, when other Israelites go to these cities, there are still Canaanite people living there (Joshua 15:13-15). Perhaps some of you are scratching your heads after reading that last point. After all, doesn\u2019t the text say over and over that Israel\u2019s enemies were totally destroyed? What gives?