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[sabbat hunter]

9. there were however

always non Jews living in the area. It is an area that was constantly invaded, migrated to, due to its location, fairly fertile areas, etc.
Even before the explosion of Arabs/Islam out of Arabia in the 800s, there were likely Arabs that lived in the area due to natural migration, as it was a better place to live than most of Arabia, closer to major trade routes, etc.
We have to keep in mind it was always a shared area. Judea/kingdom of Judah (and prior to that the united kingdom of Israel) was never as powerful as the jewish bible likes to make it seem like it was. It was more like a loose confederation of tribes that was able to come together due to periods of weakness of surrounding nations.