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The reference to Shamgar in the Song of Deborah indicates a period …
The reference to Shamgar in the Song of Deborah indicates a period of such oppression that highways were abandoned and ordinary Israelites had to fight with whatever tools were at hand. (Judges 5:6-7)
Judges 5:6 (KJV)
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And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad. (Judges 3:31)
Judges 3:31 (KJV)
Which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad. (Judges 3:31)
Judges 3:31 (KJV)
Which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad. (Judges 3:31)
Judges 3:31 (KJV)
An ox goad was a sharpened wooden staff, typically eight to ten feet long, used to prod draft animals — a farming tool turned into a weapon of deliverance. (Judges 3:31)
Judges 3:31 (KJV)
And he also delivered Israel. (Judges 3:31)
Judges 3:31 (KJV)
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. (Judges 5:6)
Judges 5:6 (KJV)
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