Shamgar
(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, Jud 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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