Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
"Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel"  (Judges 14:4). The city of Timnah was once an Israelite city, or, at least it seems so from  Joshua 15:10, but at this time the Philistines had control of most of Israel.  "Archaeological remains point to an extended period of intercourse (social contact) and trade between the two peoples (Philistines and Israelites) from about 1150 B.C., which corresponds exactly with the date Boling determined for Judges."[7]