What does Judges 3:31 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel."
Verse Judges 3:31. _AND AFTER HIM WAS SHAMGAR THE SON OF ANATH_] Dr. Hales supposes that "Shamgar's administration in the West included Ehud's administration of eighty years in the East; and that, as...
From this verse and Judges 5:6 we may gather that Shamgar was contemporary with Jael, and that he only procured a temporary and partial deliverance for Israel by his exploit. He may have been of the t...
2. SECOND DECLENSION UNDER MOAB--EHUD AND SHAMGAR CHAPTER 3:12-31 _ 1. The second declension: serving Eglon, king of Moab (Judges 3:12)_ 2. Ehud raised up (Judges 3:15) 3. Eglon, king of Moab, sla...
JUDGES 3:31. THE EXPLOIT OF SHAMGAR. The absence of D's formulæ, and of a chronological scheme, suggests that this verse was introduced by an editor who wished to bring the number of the Judges up to...
SHAMGAR. Compare Judges 5:6. AN OX GOAD. See note on Judges 3:21. No weapons. Compare Jdg 5:8. 1 Samuel 13:19....
_Shamgar the son of Anath_ was unknown to the author of Judges 4:1, who passes at once from Ehud to Deborah. Shamgar is often reckoned as one of the minor Judges, but the account given of him is not m...
AFTER HIM WAS SHAMGAR, &C.— It is uncertain of what tribe Shamgar was, and when he commenced judge of Israel; nothing being mentioned concerning him, but this exploit against the _Philistines,_ in whi...
_Sham-gar Delivers Israel Judges 3:31_ 31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel, _13._ Who was Sham...
_AND AFTER HIM WAS SHAMGAR THE SON OF ANATH, WHICH SLEW OF THE PHILISTINES SIX HUNDRED MEN WITH AN OX GOAD: AND HE ALSO DELIVERED ISRAEL._ AFTER HIM WAS SHAMGAR. No notice is given of the tribe or fam...
THE STORY OF THE JUDGES. OTHNIEL. EHUD. SHAMGAR 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 3 V1 These are the nations that the *Lord left. He left them in order to test *Israel’s people. These people had not fought any wars in *Canaan. V2...
SHAMGAR. — Mentioned here alone, and alluded to in Judges 5:6. THE SON OF ANATH. — There was a Beth-anath in Naphtali, but Shamgar could hardly have belonged to Northern Israel. We know nothing of Sh...
וְ אַחֲרָ֤יו הָיָה֙ שַׁמְגַּ֣ר בֶּן ־עֲנָ֔ת וַ יַּ֤ךְ אֶת ־פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ שֵֽׁשׁ ־מֵאֹ֣ות אִ֔ישׁ בְּ...
THE DAGGER AND THE OX-GOAD Judges 3:12 THE world is served by men of very diverse kinds, and we pass now to one who is in strong contrast to Israel's first deliverer. Othniel the judge without repro...
THE “MESSAGE FROM GOD” Judges 3:15 The sword is usually worn at the left hand, and Ehud escaped suspicion because his was girded under his raiment on his _right_ thigh. Eglon was also the more ready...
God left certain nations, a company of stem, implacable enemies, in order to prove Israel. The overruling of God is set forth remarkably in this declaration. The people who had refused to cast out the...
Shamgar also delivered Israel, but we know very little about him. The text simply says he slew 600 Philistines with an ox goad and delivered Israel (Ruth 3:31)....
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox (l) goad: and he also delivered Israel. (l) So that it is not the number, nor the means that God r...
Samgar. His reign seems to have been short, and only perhaps extended over the tribes of Juda, Simeon, and Dan, while Debbora governed in another part. Some exclude him from the list of judges. But Jo...
This Shamgar was the third of the Judges which judged Israel. We have but a short account of him. But even this is as a Deliverer. As he rescued Israel from the Philistines, I am inclined to think the...
The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5. God, knowing what the people were, and what was their condition, had left within the borders of their land that which put obedience to the proof...
AND AFTER HIM WAS SHAMGAR THE SON OF ANATH,.... That is, after the death of Ehud, when the people of Israel were in distress again from another quarter, this man was raised up of God to be a judge and...
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. Ver. 31. _And after him was Shamgar._] Who if he were not Jude...
_After him was Shamgar_ He was the third judge of the Israelites, and delivered them from some small oppressions which they suffered from the Philistines. The sacred text gives us no further particula...
1 The nations which were left to prooue Israel. 6 By communion with them they commit idolatrie. 8 Othniel deliuereth them from Chushan-Rishathaim. 12 Ehud from Eglon. 31 Shamgar from the Philistin...
And after him, following his example in the west, WAS SHAMGAR, THE SON OF ANATH, WHICH SLEW OF THE PHILISTINES SIX HUNDRED MEN WITH AN OX GOAD, a primitive, but effective instrument or weapon on accou...
THE NATIONS LEFT TO TEST ISRAEL (vv. 1-6) The younger Israelites had not learned war, and were faced now with learning it by means of the nations left in the land, for God is not going to exempt an...
31 The side of the country which lay south-west, was infested by the Philistines. God raised up Shamgar to deliver them; having neither sword nor spear, he took an ox-goad, the instrument next at hand...
SLEW SIX HUNDRED MEN WITH AN OX-GOAD; as Samson did a thousand with the jaw-bone of an ass; both being miraculous actions, and not at all incredible to him that believes a God, who could easily give s...
Judges 3:31 After H310 Shamgar H8044 son H1121 Anath H6067 killed H5221 (H8686) six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 Philistines H6430 ox H1241 goad H4451 delivered H3467 (H8686) Israel H3478 Shamgar - J...
SHAMGAR DELIVERS FROM THE PHILISTINES (JUDGES 3:31). Judges 3:31 ‘ And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who smote six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad. And he also delivered Is...
CONTENTS: Apostasies of Israel. Deliverances through Othniel, Ehud and Shamgar. CHARACTERS: God, Othniel, Chushan-rishathian, Eglou, Ehud, Shamgar. CONCLUSION: Man's memory is treacherous in that it...
Judges 3:7. _The children of Israel served Baalim and the groves._ So is the French. אשׁרות _asheroth;_ rendered by the Chaldaic and the Latin versions, _lucis,_ light. The sense seems to be a revolt...
_Shamgar the son of Anath._ SHAMGAR This is one of the most singular and astonishing battles in the history of the world. If Shamgar had been stationed in some Thermopylae, where the foe could only c...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:7 The Downward Spiral of Israel’s Unfaithfulness. The main part of the book of Judges 1:1 shows how Israel fell increasingly into sin. It includes the stories of 12 judges rais...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 3:13 THE CHILDREN OF AMMON. The technical name of the Ammonite people (see Genesis 19:38; Deuteronomy 2:19, Deuteronomy 2:37; Judges 10:6, Judges 10:11, Judges 10:17, etc.). Sometim...
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel (Judges 3:1), There were the Philistines, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Perizzites and the Amor...
1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Samuel 13:19; 1 Samuel 17:47; 1 Samuel 17:50; 1 Samuel 4:1; Judges 10:17; Judges 10:7; Judges 11:4; Judges 15:15;...
An ox goad — As Samson did a thousand with the jaw — bone of an ass; both being miraculous actions, and not at all incredible to him that believes a God, who could easily give strength to effect this....