IS GOD EVIL BECAUSE HE KILLED PEOPLE?

In the Old Testament, God commanded the Israelites coming out of Egypt to take over the land of Canaan and kill all of the inhabitants. This is shocking to us. Skeptics point to this and say that there must be something foul about the Christian God. Yet, the Bible makes it clear that God is not arbitrary; the Canaanite society deserved its fate as it was thoroughly polluted by its wretchedly evil practices, including the horror of child sacrifice (Deuteronomy 9:1-6, 12:29-31, 18:9-14, 1 Kings 14:24, 2 Chronicles 33:1-9, Ezra 9:11).