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Israel was a force to be reckoned with

Merneptah wouldn't have boasted of wiping out a small band of peasants. Israel's mention suggests it was a significant power in Canaan in 1207 BCE.

Being worth defeating is a sign of strength.

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The stele proves a people called Israel existed then, though the Amarna Letters show no trace of them a century and a half earlier.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 40

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