6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways. 7 Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel. 8 When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
Judges 5:6–8
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