The OT events are a spiritual prelude to the NT events. So something like this fits nicely when that framework is kept in mind. Anyhow I got something to take care of here, got to go.
The Lord showed me that with this verse when I was praying about something I have been dealing with and wondering why I haven’t had an answer.
Yet.
It’s to teach me spiritual warfare. Their physical enemies are the counterpart of our spiritual enemies, the forces of evil we battle in the spiritual realm (Romans 8)