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Samson and the Philistines "When
the Hittite Empire collapsed about 1200 B.C., the
Philistines took over the smelting of ore and the
manufacturing of iron implements, this being previously a
Hittite monopoly. During the next century they built up a
flourishing trade in implements and weapons, and this, along
with their distinctive pottery, made the Philistines an
important cultural force in Canaan at the end of the Judges
period. R. K.
Harrison, "Philistines" Contributor, Dict. of Biblical
Archaeology (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1983) p.
363
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