Judg. 3:31

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Shamgar.

Judg 5:6; Judg 5:8

an ox goad.This implement, Mr. Maundrell informs us, in Palestine and Syria is of an extraordinary size.

He measured several, and "found them about eight feet long; and at the bigger end about six inches in circumference.

They were armed at the lesser end with a sharp prickle for driving the oxen; and at the other end with a small paddle of iron, strong and massive, for cleansing the plough from the clay.

In the hand of a powerful man such an instrument must be more dangerous and fatal than a sword."

Judg 15:15; 1Sam 13:19-22; 1Sam 17:47; 1Sam 17:50; 1Cor 1:17

also.

Judg 2:16

Israel."So part is called Israel."

Judg 4:1; Judg 4:3-24; Judg 10:7; Judg 10:17; Judg 11:4-33; 1Sam 4:1"It seems to concern only the country next to the Philistines."