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Shamgar's Brief Deliverance
This one-verse account tells how Shamgar struck the Philistines and saved Israel.
After him came Shamgar, the son of Anath. The Bible gives only a very short report about him, but it remembers his name and his place in Israel's story.
It says Shamgar struck six hundred Philistine men with an ox goad, a tool used by farmers. The verse describes a violent act in conflict without giving further details.
The account ends by saying that Shamgar saved Israel. In just a few words, this verse presents him as a deliverer in a dangerous time.
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