Judg 3:31 | TSK | e4.org | Shamgar , 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." ; , , ; also Israel "So part is called Israel." , , , , ; "It seems to concern only the country next to the Philistines."

‏ Judges 3:31

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."