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This is an article from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.
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Shamgar - 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).
From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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