Shamgar in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Son of Anath, judge of Israel after Ehud, and immediately
before Barak (Judges 5:6; Judges 5:8; Judges 3:31). Probably a
Naphtalite, as Beth Anath was of Naphtali. This tribe took a
foremost part in the war with Jabin (Judges 4:6; Judges 4:10;
Judges 5:18). The tributary Canaanites (Judges 1:33) combined
with the Philistines against Israel, rendering the highways
unsafe and forcing Israelite travelers into byways to escape
notice. The villages were forsaken, and as in later times the
oppressors disarmed Israel of all swords and spears (Judges
4:3; 1 Samuel 13:19; 1 Samuel 13:22). With an ox goad, his
only weapon (compare Judges 15:15-16, an undesigned
coincidence marking genuineness; 1 Samuel 17:47; 1 Samuel
17:50; spiritually 2 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Corinthians 1:27) he
slew 600 Philistines, thereby giving Israel deliverance from
oppressors for a time. So he prepared the way for Deborah and
Barak's more decisive blow. The inadequacy of the instrument
renders Jehovah's might the more evident.
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