“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.”
'In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans ceased and travelers kept to the byways. — The retrospective reference to Shamgar and Jael establishes the pre-victory era of insecurity and disrupted commerce ('caravans ceased'), suggesting that military oppression had paralyzed normal economic activity. The recovery of safe travel represents an economic and social restoration accompanying military victory.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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