RobH_en_tn/jdg/05/06.md

In the days of

"During the lifetime of"

Shamgar ... Anath ... Jael

These are the names of people. See how you translated Shamgar and Anath in Judges 3:31 and Jael in Judges 4:18. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

son of Anath

Shamgar's father is mentioned to help identify Shamgar and when he lived. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)

the main roads were abandoned

This can be stated in active form and you can make explicit why the roads were abandoned Alternate translation: "people stopped using the main roads; because they were afraid of Israel's enemies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

the winding paths

This refers to smaller roads that fewer people traveled on.