But more importantly, though, in the history of that region, it's served, it's had a real strategic function, and that is, it is the means by which hostile armies on the coastal plain find their way, get up into the mountains and threaten those living in the mountains.
No, još je važnije što je tijekom povijesti te regije Šefela imala istinski stratešku ulogu. Ona je "sredstvo" pomoću kojega  neprijateljske vojske iz priobalne ravnice pronalaze put, uspinju se u planine i prijete  žiteljima u planinama.