The end of the metallurgical renewal in the ninth century BC in the Southern Levant implies that the many biblical sources referring to this reality necessarily carry the memory of original events relative to the period of the emergence of Israel. It means that the super-god dimension of YHWH still existed in early Israel, and that it founded the official religion. The subsequent collapse of the copper industry and demise of the copper network probably stimulated the gradual prominence of the Exodus–Conquest ideology upon Integrative Yahwism and the relegation of metallurgy to the rank of craft devoid of religious dimension. This metamorphosis enabled the emergence of modern forms of Yahwism freed from the metallurgical heritage, including monotheism.

The Early Iron Age was a period of global recession in the Near East. At this time, however, the Southern Levant experienced a wave of urbanization and economic development that led to the emergence of new political entities, including Israel. This abnormal resilience apparently resulted from the renewal of the Arabah copper industry. This activity stimulated the emergence of two networks of metal transportation and working, around which emerged Moab, Ammon, the Philistines, Judah, and the early core of Israel. Copper metallurgy became, therefore, a material support for the movement of emancipation and the cooperation between the newly emerging political entities affiliated with the fraternal alliance.