large ranch that breeds, among other things, “three thousand camels”—the sheer number of which signals significant mercantile concerns (1:3). The poet knows of cities (15:28; 24:12; 29:7; 39:7), and the cities are walled (15:24; 16:14; 19:6, 12) and have gates where justice is dispensed (5:4; 29:7) and squares (29:7). The text mentions vineyards (24:6, 18; 27:18), winepresses (24:11), and olive groves (24:11), and the crops include those familiar to Israel (see 2 Chr 2:14[Eng 15])—grapes (15:33;