The Israelites waged war against the Canaanites because the Lord commanded them to do so.
After the return of the spies, who reported that the people of Canaan were “fainthearted” in the face of the Israelite threat, Joshua launched the invasion of Canaan; the Israelite tribes crossed the Jordan River and encamped at Gilgal, where the males were circumcised after a pile of stones had been erected to.
The Israelites believed they were descended from a man named Abraham. In the Hebrew Bible, it says that God told Abraham and his followers to leave Mesopotamia and go to Canaan. There, they were to worship the one true God. In return, God promised that Canaan would belong to Abraham and his descendants.
They eventually established a coalition of five city-states on the southern coast of Canaan. Under the leadership of King David The Israelites were finally able to break the Philistine power and at the same time to vanquish the native Canaanites, taking the city of Jerusalem.
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