The primary purpose of this book is to show that God
had morally sufficient reasons to destroy the pagan
Canaanite nations. The book exposes the depth and
extent of the hideous religious practices of Israel's
pagan neighbors. The author examines evidence from
the Bible, classical literature, Christian literature, history,
archaeology, and epigraphy. Archaeologists uncovered
the most damning evidence during excavations of high
places and precincts of Baal worship in the Bible lands
and nearby lands of the Ancient Near East, where cults
of the Baals, Tanit, Ashtoreth, and other pagan deities
practiced extensive and prolonged child sacrifice. After
reading this book, the reader will have a substantial
body of facts and reasons to contend for the accuracy
of the Old Testament narratives about child sacrifice.
The reader should also become convinced that if God
had not destroyed the Canaanites, they would have
continued their bloodthirsty practices, without letup.
