rest: “Even the repeated notices of ‘rest’ in Judges (3:1, 30; 5:31; 8:28) reflect שָׁקְטָה periods which were not the permanent rest promised in the nuaḥ group of words. The same שָׁקְטָה type is observed in Joshua 11:23 and 14:15 where the land is given this type of ‘rest’ from war. It is a temporary lull in the continuous surge of the restless sea, Isaiah 57:20, a ‘respite’ from days of trouble, Psalm 94:13.”1637 In v 23, the identity of Israel is realized. Israel is the obedient people of God