Bible question. Judges 1 1

Yes, it was because they intermingled with the other nations and allowed them to stay with them. God wanted those people completely removed for a reason because he knew this would happen to his people. Those other nations introduced the Israelites to their customs and to their god's and eventually caused them to turn their back on God. What is crazy to me is that instead of the israelites having a positive influence on those other nations that lived with them, the other nations had the bigger influence.

Read Deuteronomy 12 for the command that was not followed. It's a clear picture of the process of what DID happen when the Israelites failed to eradicate all of the inhabitants of the land.

DLedoux said:

I am reading nkjv Bible and I'm a little stuck. I just got done reading Joshua and I have a question.
It has something to do with Judges 1 chpt 1
At the end did the Israelites let the people they invaded live with them. That could only make sense because they later worship idols and disobey God. Was that the reason they started to do that?

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The posts so far are correct and provide the answers you were looking for if you want to know more here are a couple of places.
Why Did God Command the Children of Israel to Kill Every Man, Woman, and Child in the Promised Land?
Who were the Canaanites?