Judges 1 - 2

The nation begins conquering their individual territories.  However, they do not completely eliminate the people God had told them to expel from the land.  For one reason or another, the task went unfinished.  God voiced His displeasure and the people wept.  Joshua died at the age of 110.  The nation then began serving the gods of the peoples around them - in direct violation of God's commands, Joshua's edicts and their own historic judgment.  God delivered them into the hands of their enemies as punishment.  As the people repented and returned to God, He would raise up a deliverer who would lead them away from their sinful ways, practices and conquerors.  Too soon, though, the people would neglect to listen to the voice of this new leader (called a judge) and the process would repeat.