Shamgar

Judge of Israel who killed 600 Philistines

A written article for Shamgar is still to come. Below and alongside: where Shamgar appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1400 BC
    1300 BC
  • Shamgar
    c. 1350 BC

Original word

  • שַׁמְגַּר shamgar
    H8044
Relationships
Father: Anath
Citations
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Where Shamgar appears in Scripture

Judges 3

וְאַֽחֲרָיו הָיָה שַׁמְגַּר בֶּן-עֲנָת וַיַּךְ אֶת-פְּלִשְׁתִּים שֵֽׁשׁ-מֵאוֹת אִישׁ בְּמַלְמַד הַבָּקָר וַיּוֹשַׁע גַּם-הוּא אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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.

Judges 5

בִּימֵי שַׁמְגַּר בֶּן-עֲנָת בִּימֵי יָעֵל חָֽדְלוּ אֳרָחוֹת וְהֹֽלְכֵי נְתִיבוֹת יֵֽלְכוּ אֳרָחוֹת עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת׃
6
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.