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Shamgar
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
The Philistines from the maritime plain had made incursions into the Hebrew upland for the purposes of plunder, when one of this name, the son of Anath, otherwise unknown, headed a rising for the purpose of freeing the land from this oppression. He repelled the invasion, slaying 600 men with an “ox goad” (q.v.). The goad was a formidable sharpointed instrument, sometimes ten feet long. He was probably contemporary for a time with Deborah and Barak (Judg. 3:31; 5:6).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(sword), son of Anath, judge of Israel. When Israel was in a most depressed condition, Shamgar was raised up to be a deliverer. With no arms in his hand but an ox-goad, (Judges 3:31) comp. 1Sam 13:21 He made a desperate assault upon the Philistines, and slew 600 of them. (B.C. about 1290.)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SHAM'GAR (cup-bearer ?), a judge of Israel of whom it is related that he slew six hundred Philistines with an ox-goad and delivered Israel. Jud 3:31.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
named a stranger; he is here a stranger
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SHAM'GAR (cup-bearer ?), a judge of Israel of whom it is related that he slew six hundred Philistines with an ox-goad and delivered Israel. Jud 3:31.