“And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.”
Moreover, that entire generation was gathered to their ancestors, and another generation grew up after them, who did not know the LORD or the work that he had done for Israel. — The description of generational succession marks the crucial epistemological break underlying Israel's spiritual decline, suggesting that covenant knowledge depended on direct experience or careful transmission. The verb 'did not know' implies not mere ignorance but a failure to recognize God through either direct experience or inherited narrative tradition. The parallel phrase 'the work that he had done for Israel' indicates that the new generation lacked acquaintance with the conquest narratives and their theological interpretation.
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