This verse extends the theological affirmation by stating that the Lord gave Israel rest from all their enemies, fulfilling the explicit promise made at the conquest's beginning. Rest from enemies represents not merely the absence of warfare but the security necessary for establishing society, building families, worshiping God, and developing covenant community in their own land. This peace fulfills the deeper promise that Israel could finally cease their wandering and defensive posture, transitioning from conquest to cultivation, from external struggle to internal covenant building. The bestowal of rest affirms that God's purposes are not merely military but deeply relational, creating conditions for the covenant community to flourish in undisturbed relationship with their God.

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