Hebrews became loosely established in Palestine, but they soon drifted back into the benighted beliefs of the desert and became contaminated with the less advanced Canaanite religious practices. [1] In keeping with the policy of compromise with the Canaanites, David turned seven of Saul’s descendants over to the Gibeonites to be hanged. [2] Were a tribe of non-Hebrew nomadic Palestinians, who joined the confederation of tribes of David. [3]