Shamgar Bible Quiz

Answer key for Shamgar Bible Quiz

1. Q1: Who was Shamgar the son of? Answer: Anath. And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad. (Judges 3:31) Reference: Judges 3:31 (KJV).
2. Q2: How many Philistines did Shamgar slay? Answer: Six hundred. Which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad. (Judges 3:31) Reference: Judges 3:31 (KJV).
3. Q3: What weapon did Shamgar use? Answer: An ox goad. Which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad. (Judges 3:31) Reference: Judges 3:31 (KJV).
4. Q4: What was an ox goad? Answer: A long pointed stick used to drive oxen. 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) Reference: Judges 3:31 (KJV).
5. Q5: What did Shamgar also do for Israel? Answer: Delivered Israel. And he also delivered Israel. (Judges 3:31) Reference: Judges 3:31 (KJV).
6. Q6: In Judges 5:6, when did the highways become unoccupied? Answer: In the days of Shamgar and Jael. 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) Reference: Judges 5:6 (KJV).
7. Q7: What does Judges 5:7 say about the state of Israel before Deborah arose? Answer: The villages ceased, until I Deborah arose. The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. (Judges 5:7) Reference: Judges 5:7 (KJV).
8. Q8: What does the mention of Shamgar in Deborah's song suggest? Answer: A time of chaos when even farmers had to defend Israel. 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) Reference: Judges 5:6 (KJV).
9. Q9: How long is Shamgar's account in Judges? Answer: One verse. Shamgar's entire narrative is contained in a single verse — Judges 3:31 — yet his deliverance of Israel is remembered in Deborah's song. (Judges 3:31) Reference: Judges 3:31 (KJV).
10. Q10: What lesson does Shamgar's story teach? Answer: God can use ordinary people and simple tools for great deliverance. Shamgar's victory with an ox goad shows that God does not depend on conventional weapons or mighty armies to save His people. (Judges 3:31) Reference: Judges 3:31 (KJV).