original_query: Who were the Hittites mentioned in the Hebrew Bible?
query: Who were the Hittites mentioned in the Hebrew Bible?
answer: The Hittites mentioned in the Hebrew Bible are a debated topic. Some scholars believe they were identical to the Anatolian Hittite Empire, a powerful Indo-European-speaking civilization.  Others argue they were a separate Canaanite tribe.  There's also an intermediate hypothesis suggesting the biblical references blend both groups.